Arsenal: Denis Suarez indifference will serve him well

Arsenal fans aren’t all that thrilled about Denis Suarez, but let’s be honest, the opposite would be much worse. Enjoy the indifference while it lasts.

Arsenal‘s January transfer window is going nowhere fast. Of course, it’s hardly a week old, so what do I know. Still, there are talks. Unai Emery is actually talking about what kind of players they may look to get to “help them over the next four months,” as he put it.

Denis Suarez is the most talked about. Not in the best way. But not in the worst way either. You have the few odd people saying he is a savior, the few odd people saying he is worthless, but everything in between is a bunch of shoulder shrugging and question marks. People are admitting they don’t know much about him, and those that do, admit that he is perfectly adequate.

With a transfer fee hovering around £20, there isn’t a lot there to talk about in that theater either. Overall, it’s not a move that is inspiring a lot of excitement. If anything, there may be more dread than excitement, strange as that is.

Unai Emery did admit that they needed a winger, and then proceeded to say that, from his time at Sevilla, he used Suarez as a winger. Now, that brings up another discussion altogether, but that’s not the point. The point is, no one is saying that Suarez isn’t happening.

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No one. Not even Unai Emery, who said, “I don’t know.”

At the end of the day, Denis Suarez getting the reception he is bound to get is going to serve him in the best way possible in front of voracious and fickle Arsenal fans. If he had a £35m price tag, God forbid, he would be cursed to the Granit Xhaka fate of being masterful in his own right, but never actually appreciated.

He also isn’t really coming in to replace anyone. You could make a case that he is replacing Aaron Ramsey, but he isn’t really, because there are so many moving parts in the midfield that thinking of any incoming move as a tit-for-tat replacement isn’t accurate.

All this means is that Suarez may have a fair chance at actually establishing himself as a good, solid player, with the support he needs. Maybe he can even surprise a few fans. Who wouldn’t like a little budget surprise in the January window?