Meet the player who just left Arsenal for £7m but is now breaking records at his new club this season

Arsenal have let a lot of players go since Mikel Arteta replaced Unai Emery.

High profile names such as Pierre-Emerick⛎ Aubameyang and Mesut Ozil have seen their con🦹tracts terminated under the Spaniard, while popular Hale End graduates in Emile Smith Rowe, Eddie Nketiah and Folarin Balogun have departed too.

In the summer transfer window just gone, the Gunners waved goodbye to some players who, in fairness, were given many chances to impress by Mikel Arteta, such as Aaron Ramsdale and Nuno Tavares – with the latter now shining away from th🏅e Emirates S🅰tadium.

Nuno Tavares breaking records at Lazio

Back in July, Arsenal agreed to let 🌳the Portugal international leave for Lazio on a loa😼n deal.

However, it was not just a standard ‘dry loan’ – as they are called nowadays – but instead a loan deal with an obligation for th⭕e Serie A side to buy Tavares on a permanent basis for at the end of the season.

It means Arsenal made a small profit on the £6.8m signing from Benfica back in July 2021 – although Lazio now stand to make much, much more than a £200,000 profit when they eventually sell Tavares, who Matteo Guendouzi admires.

♎The Lazio No.30 is starring in Rome,⭕ remarkably providing eight assists in just ten Serie A appearances so far this season.

Four of those assists came in his first four Serie꧑ A games this term, which made Tavares the first player on record to regist🌳er four assists in his first four appearances in the competition – according to Opta.

As things stand, t✨he man born in Lisbon is the highest rated player in Serie A – by FotMob’s metrics – having won four Man of the Match awards, earning him an average rating of 7.82 ♍this season.

Arsenal stand to benefit from Nuno Tavares success

Some may accuse Arsenal of being foolish for allowing this £7m obligation to buy, but the Gunnꦡers have🐈 smartly negotiated a clause which means they will benefit substantially from any future sale.

Italian news outlet state t💧hat Arsenal have a 40% sell-on clause in the agreement.

Seeing as Claudio Lotito, President of Lazio, has already admitted he deems Tavares to be worth over £57m, Arsenal could well make millions from any future🐼 sale if the left-back maintains his excellent form🐎.