Arsenal move for Maghnes Akliouche as Andrea Berta risks missing out on dream signing

Andrea Berta is moving overtime for Arsenal this summertime and is successful negotiations with respective targets implicit respective positions. The club's large people for the winger presumption remains Rodrygo, but the Italian volition person different names connected the list.

The latest to beryllium discussed is Monaco’s Maghes Akliouche. The France younker planetary has been precise awesome for his nine broadside successful Ligue 1 and the Champions League.

The 23-year-old has 12 goals and 14 assists successful 78 league games for Monaco, but having present watched a batch much of the player, what stands retired is thing speech from the youngster. What stands retired is however wasteful his teammates are to the chances helium creates for them – I recovered myself gasping astatine immoderate of the misses that were being showcased.

Delving into his positioning, helium plays chiefly connected the right-hand side, surprisingly, which would struggle with links to the likes of Rodrygo, who would beryllium rubberstamped to commencement connected the left. He is left-footed and likes to chopped inside, but helium does drift astir the tract and, contempt starting connected the right, tin beryllium recovered connected the near flank during moves.

His top assets prevarication successful his method adjacent power and, arsenic mentioned, his creativity. He lone ranks successful the 25th percentile of Europe’s apical 5 leagues’ wingers and attacking midfielders for non-penalty goals per 90 astatine 0.17 implicit the past year.

For comparison, Bukayo Saka ranks successful the 77th percentile (0.36), Rodrygo successful the 75th (0.35), and Martinelli, who has faced disapproval for a deficiency of goals, sits successful the 57th percentile (0.28). He could instrumentality much shots, but is chiefly focused connected creation.

Akliouche is successful the 75th percentile for shot-creating actions per 90 (4.43), 89th for progressive passes per 90 (6.17), 76th for progressive carries (4.60), and 71st for touches successful the absorption punishment container per 90 (5.33). Yet these unsocial would not drawback the oculus of Mikel Arteta.

The Spaniard appreciates a subordinate who contributes astatine some ends of the field. Akliouche ranks successful the 84th percentile for tackles per 90 (1.79) and the 88th for interceptions (0.70), a precise bully instrumentality for a subordinate successful his position, which is definite to beryllium of involvement to the club.

The numbers are surely encouraging. However, erstwhile the nine person the accidental to motion a subordinate of the level of Rodrygo, determination is nary uncertainty that Akliouche is much of a subordinate with a large future, but helium would look questions astir what his contributions would beryllium from the off.

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