Arsenal: Lucas Perez such a tragic, silly waste of resources

Arsenal may be welcoming back an unfortunate Lucas Perez. A revival seems impossible, but there’s no denying what a silly waste of resources he is/was.

Arsenal’s list of missed chances is long and illustrious (in a bad way). They have a rather prestigious history of missing out out opportunities of the highest calling. That said, Lucas Perez doesn’t fit on the list of of illustrious missed chances.

He does, however, fit on the list of wasted resources, an equally populated list with the likes of Joel Campbell and Jon Toral as company.

Here’s the thing with Lucas Perez – he was a fantastic signing. Plain and simple. He fit everything we needed int a striker. For Arsene Wenger, Lucas was under the radar and a sneaky pick up. He was a link-up striker with so much creative potential.

It was everything Wenger could have wanted in a striker. He was just as capable of slotting home as he was of playing a crucial key pass. And don’t even get me started on his thunderous left foot.

Lucas had a lot going for him and he was at the right club to take his long untapped potential to stardom levels. All he needed was a chance with fantastic players around him. A prolonged chance, I should say. Because with each successive chance, he got better and better.

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But Alexis Sanchez was still be wined and dined by Wenger and as such, he pulled all priority, as foolish as that all ended up being.

Lost in the mix was Lucas, who now looks to be without a home come the summer, when he’s back at Arsenal and tough to move on.

I would love to believe in a potential Gunner revival. There is a part of me that wants to say he can be our side competition striker. He can play in the League Cup and the FA Cup early rounds. But that’s for youngster Eddie Nketiah.

Lucas has no home. And, honestly, it’s all Arsenal’s fault. He’s 29 now and with such indisputably world class strikers already on the books at the Emirates, there is literally no chance he can work his way into the fray, nor will he step ahead of Danny Welbeck of Eddie Nketiah. Even if the latter is loaned out, which is looking very possible, Lucas has fallen out of favor long ago.

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If there is one thing I’ve come to learn about Wenger, it’s that once you’re gone, you’re gone. And Lucas was essentially gone before he arrived.

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