‘Still hurts’: Arsenal fans gutted as player they made £34m bid for shines in the CL last night

John Verrall

Thu 30 September 2021 7:45, UK

Locatelli rejected Arsenal — Photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images

Arsenal fans have been left raving about Manuel Locatelli after his display for Juventus in the Champions League last night.

The one that got away?

Arsenal pushed to sign Locatelli in the summer, with his agent even that the Gunners had made a #34 million bid.

However, Arsenal were just never really able to convince the Italian international that they would be a better option for him than Juventus.

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He's much better than Bissouma and Arsenal fans refusing to accept that shows how manipulated we can be by trade rumours the club leaks.
— Deshaun Von Carrington XII (@HughJanus916)

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Would’ve been the perfect Xhaka replacement… sigh
— Yavuz (@yavuzafc)

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Still hurts we missed out on him. Him and partey would have made our mid among the best in the league
— BLOOM CORP (@centre_splash)

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Him and Partey would’ve been😍
— BigM (@BigM24s)

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The perfect 8 we needed, anyway we move, there are other players.
— GunnerKe (@Gooner_254)

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Midfield strength needed

In the end Arsenal’s only midfield signing over the summer was Albert Sambi Lokonga.

Lokonga has shown signs of promise so far, but he is not quite as proven a player as Locatelli.

Lokonga could be set to play an important role at Arsenal over the coming weeks, though.

With Granit Xhaka out injured there is a gap in Mikel Arteta’s starting line-up, and he looks the most likely candidate to come in.

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‘Still hurts’: Arsenal fans gutted as player they made £34m bid for shines in the CL last night

The one that got away?

Midfield strength needed