Arsenal Tone wrote:TedLasso wrote:Ach wrote:Who's 27
Marquinhos
He looks strong for a 19 year old
I think he's better than people realize. The contractual mess around his move kind of hid his quality. One Brazilian scout said that if the remaining two years on his contract were recognized by UEFA, then he likely would have cost 15m on the open market. Now, technically UEFA doesn't recognize the last two years of that deal so he was eligible to move for free this year. Edu offered 3m as good will so that Arsenal will be kept abreast of new prospects coming through their pipeline. Greasing the negotiation wheels so to speak.
We can argue over whether that was the best use of funds, only time will tell, but I think we got a great deal on a prospect that could be huge in a couple of years.