Arsenal: Caglar Soyuncu transfer doesn’t have a time limit

After heated interest in bringing Caglar Soyuncu to Arsenal, the report is that it’s dying out. But that’s okay. There is no need to rush this.

Arsenal have been busy this summer addressing nearly every single need that has been begging for a solution. Even their defense is in a place where they can truly repair upon the damage that last year did.

So much so that the interest in young Turkish defender Caglar Soyuncu has reportedly been dropped. There is still that foundation of interest in him, obviously, because he is an immensely talented player, but right now, it doesn’t make a lot of sense.

There is so much investment in the young crew of defenders that are currently on the books at the Emirates. Soyuncu would simply bust in and muddy the waters a bit. Unless, that is, he was ready for the first-team, in which case Sokratis wouldn’t have been necessary.

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All of this is perfectly okay, and it does not mean that Soyuncu is done for good. Not at all. In fact, if nothing else, all this does is build on the potential for a future move.

As it turned out this season, with the contract that Soyuncu has with Freiburg, the purchasing price was far too much to make it justifiable, even with the potential that he had. And that’s the kind of price we can expect with such a contract and so little need from the club itself.

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It’s the same argument used for Benjamin Pavard. We showed a lot of interest in him early on in the window, but his World Cup heroics kicked everyone into gear when it came to pursuing his talents. Bayern Munich are now arriving as frontrunners, because of course they are, but the point remains the same.

Stuttgart said they wouldn’t sell Pavard this window, which worked well for the Gunners, because they could filter through their current stock this coming season and, come next summer, they could reassess.

Even if Pavard does go to Bayern Munich, the same strategy applies to Soyuncu. The man said he wanted to play for Arsenal, so if a move isn’t on the books this summer, then let them go through this next season and try out the young products that they have.

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Next summer, if he’s needed, we can nab him. If not, then everything worked out just fine in the end, didn’t it?