da casino： After conceding a disappointing 51 goals in the Premier League last season – only Manchester United and West Ham let in more in the top ten – Arsenal were understandably on the look-out for a centre-back all summer. And following Laurent Koscielny’s controversial departure, that need intensified greatly.
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The Gunners eventually brought in William Saliba, but he was loaned straight back to St Etienne for the season. And on deadline day, the north Londoners raided their Premier League rivals Chelsea for David Luiz’s signature. But one man who they were reportedly keen on all summer but couldn’t get their hands on by the end of the window, was RB Leipzig’s Dayot Upamecano.
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And in Tuesday night’s game against Borussia Dortmund, the Frenchman enjoyed a fine performance. As per Sofascore, his 7.4 match rating was only second behind Timo Werner amongst his teammates, and he made five tackles, won eight ground duels, had 111 touches and even created two big chances. And after seeing his performance, Arsenal fans flooded to Twitter to voice their thoughts on their summer target.
Some Gunners fans even raised the tantalising prospect of potentially seeing Upamecano partner up with French compatriot Saliba at the Emirates next season.
The more performances like the one he produced on Tuesday night, the more expensive Upamecano will become. The Gunners perhaps missed a trick by missing out on him in the summer, but they will be hoping that they don’t live to regret that.
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