Journalist Ben Jacobs has claimed on The Done Deal Show that Arsenal clinching a top-four place this season could see them make an ambitious move to sign Jude Bellingham.
Arsenal have certainly been the surprise pace-setters this season as the Gunners are flying high at the top of the Premier League table in early October ahead of their more-fancied rivals.
The Gunners have made huge strides under Mikel Arteta over the last 12 months having narrowly missed out on the top four last season, but their new signings and young talents appear to be clicking very well.
Having signed the likes of Gabriel Jesus, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Aaron Ramsdale over the past year, Jacobs thinks securing Champions League football could put them in the race for Bellingham next summer.
He said: “Under the right coach, and under the right system and style for club and country, there is still that sky-high potential – and that’s why you’re going to get more and more suitors joining the race.
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“I think nobody, really, that is an elite-level club doesn’t want to Bellingham, there’s just some that have either got another priority or have decided that the price is too high.
“And that is a really key point with a club like Arsenal, because if they’ve decided the price is too high, but they see him get more and more consistent and offer all of these things on and off the football field alongside what we know he can do with the ball, at that point, they might say, if they get Champions League football, you know what, it’s worth paying above market value or it’s worth paying £130m, we’ll find that money at the expense of an outgoing or the expense of another target.
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“But right now, to my understanding, Arsenal are not in the race for Jude Bellingham – but that doesn’t mean that things won’t change once we get beyond the World Cup.”
TIF Thoughts on Arsenal potentially going for Bellingham…
Bringing in Bellingham would be quite a sensational signing and one that would be potentially the biggest in the club’s history given that teams such as Real Madrid, Manchester City and Liverpool are all reportedly keen on the midfielder.
However, considering that Arsenal’s record signing is Nicolas Pepe at £72m – and everyone knows how that turned out – the Gunners may well be hesitant to spend so much money on someone that’s not Premier League-proven.
That said, at 19, Bellingham appears to have everything already in his game to become one of the best midfielders of his generation, as he’s already scoring and assisting in the Champions League, whilst captaining Borussia Dortmund and recently becoming an England regular.
So if he decides Arsenal are an interesting enough project, they should be moving heaven and earth to bring him to the Emirates.
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