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Arsenal ready to sacrifice ‘technically ridiculous’ youngster to sign striker who impressed Sadio Mane
Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal are very keen on signing Salernitana striker Boulaye Dia.
🌼That is according to a report in Salernotizie, which has named the player Arsenal are ready to offload to get a deal done.
So, what has been reported about Arsenal and Boulaye Dia? Let’s take a look.
Arsenal’s planned offer for Boulaye Dia
🔯Well, according to a report in , Arsenal want to sign Boulaye Dia from Salernitana in the January transfer window.
The report in the Italian news outlet has claimed that Arsenal are willing to offer £13 million plus Charlie Patino♐ in a potential deal to bring Dia to the Emirates Stadium in the middle of the season.
🧜Midfielder Patino, 20, is on loan at Swansea City in the Championship in England at the moment. Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand rates him highly, saying on his in May 2023 that he is and is “technically ridiculous”.
has also claimed interest from Arsenal in Dia. The report has noted that Everton, Fiorentina, AC Milan and AS Roma are keen on the 27-year-old striker, who is rated highly by former Liverpool forward Sadio Mane.
♊Mane about Dia (then at Reims) in November 2020: “I didn’t know him before. But since the start of the season I started to follow him, and I’m really impressed by his qualities. I think he won’t stay at Reims forever, believe me!”
Arsenal should not make Boulaye Dia – Charlie Patino mistake
🎀In my view, Arsenal should not include Charlie Patino in a deal to sign Boulaye Dia in the January transfer window. I believe that it would be a big mistake.
Patino is only 20 and has a bright future🌜 ahead of him. The midfielder is still progressing and developing as a player, and I believe that he has the potential to become a star in the Arsenal first team in the coming years.
🦩Dia is 27 now. While the Senegal international is a good striker, I do not think that he will be able to take Arsenal to the next level.
🦂That Dia is playing for US Salernitana 1919 and not for a major club at the age of 27 shows that he is not an ‘elite’ striker.
Letting a talented young player like Patino💟 leave for a 27-year-old striker who could struggle to make an immediate impact would be a mistake.
🅰Dia has scored four goals in eight starts and three substitute appearances in Serie A this season. The striker scored 16 goals and provided six assists in 27 starts and six substitute appearances in the league last campaign.