Arsenal can use Cesc Fabregas trick on Barcelona wonderkid after Mikel Arteta 'approval'

Mikel Arteta and Arsenal person a arrogant past of plucking immoderate of the champion young endowment from La Masia, and it seems they are looking to bash truthful again with winger Arnau Pradas successful the adjacent future

Arsenal are reportedly eyeing different Barcelona prodigy to bring to the Emirates, perchance revisiting an aged strategy.

The Gunners person a knack for scouting and nurturing young talent, a maneuver they've successfully employed galore times implicit the years. William Saliba serves arsenic a premier illustration of this approach. Joining Arsenal astatine conscionable 18, helium has since spent clip some wrong the nine and retired connected loan, yet establishing himself arsenic 1 of the Premier League's apical defenders.

Similarly, Gabriel Martinelli made the determination from Ituano successful Brazil to the Emirates astatine the aforesaid property and has go an integral portion of Mikel Arteta's first-team squad. Now, Arsenal are said to beryllium funny successful 18-year-old Barcelona winger, Arnau Pradas.

The young subordinate has been turning heads astatine U19 level successful Spain this season, netting 2 goals successful six matches, reports Football London. According to Spanish work Mundo Deportivo, the Gunners are keen connected the teenager, whose declaration is owed to tally retired astatine the extremity of this season.

This could mean Arsenal mightiness unafraid him successful January for a minimal fee. The study besides suggests that Arteta has fixed his support of the club's involvement successful the young player.

If Arsenal negociate to lure Pradas to the Emirates, it would echo their acquisition of Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona 21 years agone for a specified £2.25million. While the circumstances surrounding that determination disagree somewhat from those involving Pradas, determination are undeniable similarities successful Arsenal's reported bid to snatch 1 of La Masia's talents astatine what could beryllium a bargain terms - considering his contractual situation.

Should Pradas emulate adjacent a fraction of Fabregas' success, he'll person done well. At conscionable 16, Fabregas became Arsenal's youngest-ever player, clocking up 303 appearances, netting 57 goals and providing 95 assists.

In 2011, Arsenal sold Fabregas backmost to Barcelona for an eye-watering £25.4million - implicit 10 times what they paid for him. He returned to the Premier League successful 2014, this clip donning Chelsea's bluish successful a woody reportedly worthy £30million.

He racked up 198 appearances for the Blues earlier moving to Monaco successful 2019. Fabregas past transferred to Como successful 2022, hanging up his boots the pursuing year. Despite having a beardown guardant enactment currently, with Bukayo Saka causing havoc connected the close and loanee Raheem Sterling making waves connected the left, Arteta whitethorn beryllium readying for the agelong term.

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