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Arsenal Transfers: Gunners submit offer to Leeds for Raphinha

By Adam Schultz

Leeds United's Brazilian midfielder Raphinha Dias Belloli moves off to take a set-piece during the English Premier League football match between Leeds United and Tottenham Hotspur at Elland Road in Leeds, northern England on February 26, 2022. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by Jon Super / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by JON SUPER/AFP via Getty Images)
Leeds United's Brazilian midfielder Raphinha Dias Belloli moves off to take a set-piece during the English Premier League football match between Leeds United and Tottenham Hotspur at Elland Road in Leeds, northern England on February 26, 2022. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by Jon Super / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by JON SUPER/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Arsenal has submitted a formal offer to Leeds United for star winger Raphinha as the club looks to strengthen ahead of the new league season.

Arsenal’s hunt for a new wide player has taken them to Leeds. Brazilian winger Raphinha has emerged as a genuine target for the north London club over the last week. The player himself is said to be ‘fed up’ with waiting for Barcelona due to the Spanish giants’ financial troubles.

According to David Ornstein of The Athletic, Arsenal has submitted a formal bid for the Brazilian’s talents, but it is reportedly set to be rejected as it was far from the club’s valuation of the player.

With Arsenal back in Europe next season (not the competition we were ultimately after), the need to have better squad depth than last season is paramount. Especially given the extremely condensed schedule the club will face due to the World Cup being played this year.

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Bukayo Saka played all 38 Premier League games last season as Arsenal and Mikel Arteta did not have enough quality to rotate the squad – part of that was by design, however. Several players were shipped out to trim the club’s astronomical wage budget, but it left them short of players for the back half of the season. Something that proved costly.

Adding a player with Raphinha’s quality would raise the bar for the first team but also the squad. With teams now allowed to use five substitutions this upcoming season, having several choices of players to bring on would no doubt help Arsenal.

Having the likes of Raphinha, Emile Smith Rowe, Fabio Vieira, and Nicolas Pepe, if he is still at the club, to come on and change the game would be a superb option for Arteta to have.

With Barcelona and Chelsea thought to be the player’s preferred preference per The Athletic, Arsenal may have to pay overs in order to secure the services of the Brazilian. A fantastic signing he would be to the Arsenal attack, but we get a sense that this particular deal has a long way to go before being completed.

At least the club has put in a formal offer; it shows that they finally mean business this summer.

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