Arsenal: One player from each Bundesliga team to target

Fortuna Dusseldorf

As they battle to avoid relegation, Fortuna Dusseldorf may be in a position of needing to sell this summer. Their best performer this year has been Erik Thommy. Even with the goal extravaganza that briefly was Rouwen Hennings.

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While proving himself a quality goal threat, Thommy could do even better when put on a team with a better supporting cast. But that isn’t the primary draw for Thommy. His primary draw is versatility. That vital trait that so few have and even less master.

Thommy plays a lot of positions, some that we really need, some that we may need sooner rather than later. He plays all along the left side, which is of the utmost importance if we end up selling Sead Kolasinac. He also plays up and down the right, which is of the utmost importance if we lose Ainsley Maitland-Niles or risk losing Cedric Soares.

He also plays centrally, mostly in the attack, but he could feasibly play centrally as well. What we have here is the kind of guy who could cover for Maitland-Niles and Kolasinac all in one fell swoop. Not so bad.

Freiburg up next.