5 Players that will greatly benefit from their Deadline Day moves

Arsenal didn’t sign who many on ThisisFutbol would’ve preferred: Mario Gotze. However, they signed the next best thing, or the 6^th best thing according to Clark Whitney, Goal.com’s German Football Edtior. That’s the 6^th best thing at Borussia Dortmund, by the way; not the 6^th best attacking midfielder who can also play on either wing or up front and not even the 6^th best attacking midfielder under 5’11, from Germany and playing in the Bundesliga. He is, though, the perfect Arsenal signing: if perfect means predictable and you’re happy with a Europa League spot at best.

At £400k he is cheap and thus Arsenal fans can’t rue Wenger spending big with very little to show for it. Yet, his cheap price comes for a reason: an anterior cruciate ligament injury in the latter half of 2009 haltered his progress and at 19-years old, he is yet to feature for any of the German youth sides whilst his Dortmund contemparies, Moritz Leitner and Mario Gotze represent club and country at full-level. Ultimately though, he is talented. Holding down a 0.5 goal per game ratio for Dortmund’s u-19 side, Eisfeld is their second highest goal scorer with six in twelve. A move to Arsenal sees Eisfeld join a side with the best rate of youth development, judged by their 38.5% composition of club-trained players and leave behind a club where his career could’ve stagnated, seeing a potential talent go to waste.

The move may have been inevitable for more than one reason: at a club which boasts: Micah Richards and Zabaleta at right back; Vincent Kompany, Joleon Lescott and Kolo Toure at centre back; Aleksandar Kolorov at left back and even Stefan Savic is preferred over you, you’re game time is going to be limited. Add to that, your chief executive accidently e-mails your mother, who is also your agent, a message in which her cancer is distastefully discussed and you have a perfect recipe for a move away. A move that reunites Nedum Onuoha with Mark Hughes, who managed him at Manchester City.

With 15 A* GCSES and 5 A-Levels at A-grade, you could say Nedum Onuoha is a bright signing. Furthermore, you can add “astute” to the list of adjectives that could be used to describe this capture for Queens Park Rangers. With Mark Hughes at the helm, Q.P.R have moved quickly to secure the players needed to ensure promotion and build for an establishment of Premier League credentials. In buying players that have working experience with the manager, Q.P.R are setting themselves up well. Having just 10 minutes of PL football under his belt this season, a move was essential for this 25-year old.

Now, I refuse to jump on a bandwagon and rip into Wayne Bridge and not just because he is from the same postcode as me. In Wayne Bridge, you have a player who was England’s second choice left back: fact. However, you then had England’s second best left back at the same club as England’s best left back and, understandly, game time for Wayne Bridge dried up. Then, Manchester City, who haphazardly bought many a player in three consecutive seasons, bought Wayne Bridge as well as two other left backs. As much as you can criticise the wage bill he brings home, you cannot criticise a player that turns up to training every day, scores the highest on fitness tests time and time again at Manchester City and patiently awaits a chance to leave for a club he wants to.

For Wayne Bridge, Martin O’Neill could not be a better manager to aid the resurrection of a career that has become the butt of retirement jokes and lambasted as “mercenary.” His spell at West Ham wasn’t the best, but West Ham was far from ideal in management or performance last season. In joining Sunderland, Bridge has no excuses for poor performances: the management and performances of late are nothing short of superb.

Written by Jordan Florit for www.maycauseoffence.com/
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