Arsenal targets Barcelona star! Mark Cassado enters the Gunners field of recruitment

Let's look at Arsenal's signing moves this summer. After they have signed two defensive midfielders, Zubimendi and Norgod, there are now news in the market that they are interested in Barcelona's young player Mark Cassado. Many people may have their first reaction to it. Arsenal is no longer short of people in the midfield position, so why should we buy it again? To understand this issue, we need to analyze the ideas of a top-level team when building a lineup.

First of all, we need to be clear that Arsenal introduced Zubimendi and Norgod, which actually replaced Thomas Parthie and Jorginho who left the team. This is more like a "one for one" personnel update, improving the quality of players in the position, but not substantially increasing the thickness of the lineup. What a team that aims to compete for the championship in the Premier League and Champions League is required to reserve two to three high-level players in every key position for healthy rotation and competition. Therefore, it is completely logical that Arsenal continues to look for a potential midfielder in the market.

Let's take a look at the player Cassado again. He comes from Lamacia's youth training. He has good skills, a sense of position, and a strong defense. He can be said to be a very typical "No. 6" player who meets the requirements of modern football. His technical characteristics and tactical qualities are naturally attractive to coaches like Arteta who teaches Guardiola and emphasizes transmission and control and position.

Of course, this transaction is not small. Barcelona priced him at around 50 million euros, and there are competitors like Chelsea and Manchester United. But Arsenal's inspection and price quotation on him, the behavior itself shows their determination to strengthen the lineup this summer. What they want is not just a strong starting eleven, but hopes to create a championship-level lineup with super-bench depth and truly capable of challenging Manchester City.