Arsenal: There are far worse ideas than Miguel Layun

Arsenal are being linked to Miguel Layun out of the blue, and while it seems off topic, there are certainly worse ideas out there.

With the World Cup in full swing, you could have expected what it would do to the transfer rumor circuit. Plenty of players that are proving themselves on the biggest stage are being linked to moves on a club level. Arsenal are exempt of this rumor influx.

The latest to be tossed into the conversation is Miguel Layun, Mexican wide-man, who can’t really be called a winger or a fullback, because he plays both effectively enough to be considered both.

Layun has been a part of the upstart Mexican charge that has made such a massive impression at the World Cup.

And now he is being linked to Arsenal. The 30-year-old is on the books at Porto, but spent the second half of his season on loan at Sevilla.

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The reason he has popped onto the radar all of a sudden is because Layun opened up and admitted that he didn’t expect Sevilla to want to make the move permanent. Meaning that, with just one year left on his deal at Porto, it may be time for a move.

Layun serves a lot of utility purposes for the Gunners. For starters – he is cheap. Very cheap. At 30-years-old and not having made any great impression at club level, he could be purchased for under £5m.

And while the Gunners did just land Lichtsteiner, who is also a fullback, giving them four fullbacks on the books, Layun’s usefulness comes in his versatility. He has been used as a winger to positive effect in the World Cup and if the Gunner wanted, they could take that example and fashion Layun into a wide option.

Despite lacking a concrete home, both on the pitch and in terms of who he is playing for, Layun has still be a consistent goal threat, as he scored six goals between club and international matches last year, which didn’t amount to much more than 1500 minutes.

All things considered, that is a return that can be appreciated. Especially at a club like Arsenal, where they have very little value out wie.

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Utility options are never a bad thing. That’s what Layun would be, and at a very reasonable price. I wouldn’t call him a solution, but if the objective is to pad the wide angles with some needed depth, then consider this objective answerable with the Mexican wide-man.

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