Arsenal: Is Kylian Mbappe too good for hapless Gunners?

Arsenal will supposedly go all out to win over Kylian Mbappe still, but is the Frenchman simply too good for the Gunners at this point?

Arsenal has always been among the top teams in terms of attracting talent. These past few, debt free years have proven that. Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil, Petc Cech, Shkodran Mustafi, Granit Xhaka – all high profile athletes that chose the Gunners specifically because they believed in the cause they were joining.

That cause has not been realized. It hasn’t been accomplished, and we are left without a Champions League berth and therefore nothing to promise incoming players other than tender, loving care and a bright future.

Both of which we have always had.

It makes me sick to think about, let alone write about, but the Gunners may have already fallen behind in the race to secure top tier talent. So many players – Alexis, Ozil, Cech – joined the Gunners because they believed in this vision, but that vision has not come to pass. It is blurred and skewed and looks nothing like it used to.

So how do you attract new players to an old vision that never saw success? That is the question that Arsene Wenger will have to address this summer and I will be watching eagerly to see how he addresses it.

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Especially when it comes to Kylian Mbappe. The most sought after teenager in Europe. Apparently the Gunners are ready to offer him a central role in their rebuilding process, but I can’t help but feel it may be too late and he is beyond promises and hopeful visions. Wouldn’t he be more attracted to the exact same things Arsenal can offer – attention, development, a central role – with the accompanying competitive edge and world class team mates?

Maybe Wenger still has some magic left in him, but how can Le Prof use himself as a selling point when he is bound to leave in a year or two. Not to mention the fact that he hasn’t exactly produced a solid teenage prospect in years. Even Alex Iwobi is fading.

Hector Bellerin was a great resume builder, but now he falters as well, although he figures to be a bonafide big shot before too much longer.

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This is not an easy sell, and it is something that will truly test the greatness of Wenger. Mbappe is, for all intents and purposes, too far ahead of the game to trust in a future that has never been realized at the Emirates.

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