I just don't buy the not interested stuff. We're not in the Champions League, but we're there or thereabouts and this is a good place to play football right now. I reckon he'd want a bit of Arsenal, for sure. And even if he had to be won around to the idea, it'd take 10 seconds for him to realise what an amazing club he'd joined. The passion of the fans, the size of the fanbase, the coverage and attention we get - it'd all blow him away, I'm certain of it. That said, Arteta wouldn't sign a guy that wasn't champing at the bit to play for Arsenal.
On the player himself, I didn't know much about him last summer, but when we were linked at that time, I watched a ton of Youtube of him, and I was completely convinced he was a superstar in the making, even in the face of some on here that really know their football and their Serie A not fancying him. He's lazer focused and committed on the pitch, obsessed with winning and scoring, he finishes in too many diferent ways, he runs and dribbles too well, his touch is too good, there's just no way he was gonna go anyway but up after his outstanding seasosn last year. The guy is a stone cold killer, and is legit mental enough to work so hard he'll go on and challenge Haaland as the premium Number 9 in world football over the next decade
And it's funny because all that said, there's still something about his slight ungainliness that stops me going crazy for him! Thierry really did a number on me! 😆