Why do Arsenal need Guimaraes?revealed at 14:14 BST 7 August
Ciaran Kelly
BBC Sport reporter
Picture supply, Getty PhotosArsenal have a management group that helps membership captain Odegaard however, with the addition of Guimaraes, they are going to be bringing in a participant who’s a pure chief.
Guimaraes grew to become Newcastle’s talisman throughout his time at St James’ Park and, as Arteta appears to maximise each marginal acquire he can, the Brazilian’s potential and his method of connecting with supporters can be one other weapon.
Arsenal have had campaigns critically affected by harm, however Guimaraes has missed simply 16 Premier League video games since he signed for Newcastle in 2022.
And his impression is backed up by the very fact Newcastle’s win share (12.5%), factors per sport (0.7), common objectives for (0.8) and even common objectives in opposition to (1.6) all endure within the prime flight when he’s not accessible.
Though it’s an admittedly bigger pattern dimension, Opta knowledge reveals that Newcastle’s win share (50.7%), factors per sport (1.7), common objectives for (1.9) and common objectives in opposition to (1.3) have been considerably greater when Guimaraes has featured.
Guimaraes was Newcastle’s prime scorer within the league final season with 9 objectives and he offered 4 assists for Brazil on the World Cup in his 5 begins.
