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Report: Arsenal face new battle in race for £22m player deemed ‘the next Luis Suarez’
Arsenal reportedly face a huge challenge in the pursuit of a player who has been deemed ‘the next Luis Suarez’ and even ‘the new Lionel Messi’.
The Gunners are thought to be among the clubs interested in signing Velez Sarsfield prodigy Thiago Almada this summer, according to .
The 19-year-old has been thoroughly impressive in his native Argentina and appears to have caught the attention of multiple elite clubs.
As well as Arsenal, Almada is thought to be on the radar of Manchester City and Atletico Madrid.
However, claims that Manchester United have now initiated contact to sign Almada ahead of this summer’s transfer window.
The report adds that the tenacious midfielder has a release clause of £22million in his contract but United are hoping to strike a deal closer to £16million instead.
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Almada is a youngster of the highest calibre, having been compared to Messi by the likes of and Suarez by .
“His style with the ball is wild, but that’s not a negative,” wrote the latter. “He is dogged, tenacious but also capable of the sublime. In fact, witnessing that, you’re reminded of a certain former Anfield hero who also originated from South America – Luis Suarez.”
As if the battle for Almada wasn’t hard enough with Man City and Atletico in the picture, however, Man United reportedly joining the race is another spanner in the works, particularly when the coach who gave him his breakthrough, Gabriel Heinze, is a former Red Devil.