Key Highlights
- For Arsenal, this feels less like a sprint and more like a waiting game played with conviction. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementGuehi, Crystal Palace captain and England defender, has become, in the words of the report, “a wanted man right now”.
- Manchester City’s aggressive move has shifted the market tone, but Arsenal’s interest is neither sudden nor opportunistic.
- It is rooted in long standing admiration, one that briefly surfaced last summer before the club opted to strengthen elsewhere with Cristhian Mosquera and Piero Hincapie. Transfer market timing and Arsenal logicThe article notes that “it remains to be seen whether Arsenal would be willing to make bid or would bide their time until the summer when Guehi’s contract expires”.
- That sentence alone explains much of Arsenal’s thinking.
- This is a club increasingly comfortable with restraint, especially when value can be maximised six months later. There is also a quiet confidence in Arsenal’s defensive depth.
