Pain in the Arsenal
Fansided

3 reasons why Lisandro Martinez is the perfect signing for Arsenal

By Adam Schultz

LISBON, PORTUGAL - FEBRUARY 23: Lisandro Martinez of Ajax looks on during the UEFA Champions League Round Of Sixteen Leg One match between SL Benfica and AFC Ajax at Estadio da Luz on February 23, 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Jose Manuel Alvarez/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images)
LISBON, PORTUGAL - FEBRUARY 23: Lisandro Martinez of Ajax looks on during the UEFA Champions League Round Of Sixteen Leg One match between SL Benfica and AFC Ajax at Estadio da Luz on February 23, 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Jose Manuel Alvarez/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
2 of 3
Next
The Argentine excels in possession. (Photo by Rico Brouwer/Soccrates/Getty Images)
The Argentine excels in possession. (Photo by Rico Brouwer/Soccrates/Getty Images) /

2. Technically sound, ball-playing defender

A prerequisite for any Arsenal player is to be cool, calm, and assured with the ball at their feet. Given how Mikel Arteta wants the Gunners to play out from the back at times, being assured in possession is paramount.

Anyone who googled Martinez since the news dropped will know that the defender is a slick customer. His ability to ping diagonal passes 45+ yards for Ajax was beautiful. Technically, Martinez is outstanding.

As we saw with Alexandre Lacazette’s goal against Southampton, the way the team can build up an attack from defence is one of its strengths, and Martinez will have no problem with his one-touch passing, creating neat little triangles, and feeding the ball into the likes of Martin Odegaard and Thomas Partey all day long.

In Martinez, Arsenal will have another superb ball-playing defender at its disposal.

Continued on next slide…

Home/Arsenal News