Mikel Arteta has been told how Arthur Melo can finally unleash Arsenal's attacking cavalry to their utmost potential in the January transfer window.
Earlier this month, football.london reported that the Gunners are keen to bring Arthur to the Emirates Stadium on loan in January considering they are extremely light in the centre of the park.
Arsenal have made progress in bringing the 25-year-old to north London, with technical director Edu sitting down with Arthur's representative, Federico Pastorello, according to Goal.
So, Tom Canton spoke to Football Italia's chief correspondent Richard Hall live on The Arsenal Way 'Transfer Insight show' to delve into how the Juventus midfielder could turn the tide at the Emirates.
Richard kickstarted proceedings by explaining how the Juventus midfielder's dynamism in midfield can open new avenues of attacking possibilities.
"One good thing about Arthur is that he is capable of doing a couple of roles," he said.
"I would've liked to have seen him in the Juventus squad a few years ago which had [Paul] Pogba, [Miralem] Pjanic and [Claudio] Marchisio because they were quite interchangeable - he has that option."
Richard then added how Arthur's skill set could be applied under Arteta and explained who may be the Brazilian's ideal partner in midfield.
"Partey, his strengths are sometimes going forward then he will allow him to do that," he said.
"With Arthur being such a good ball player, if you have a very good defensive midfielder around him then those two positions can be interchangeable.
"If there is someone like Xhaka who does prefer to sit deeper then you're going to lose out by having him go forward, he's not limited in his ability.
"He is useful and he allows the liquidity in the midfield. He just allows that freedom, sits back and he dictates the play and I think that's really crucial."
Richard then concluded by detailing who else could benefit from Arthur's arrival, noting Juventus' clash with Roma which saw the Brazilian unleash the Old Lady's cavalry to win the game as he could in north London with Arteta's dream strike force.
"It's so odd that he's not playing for Juventus because there's lots of players who can come on and spray a pass here, there and everywhere but when you've got a player like Arthur you can change the tempo of a game and that's rare.
"Against Roma, Roma were in the ascendancy, they got the third goal, Arthur comes on, [Manuel] Locatelli goes forward, Roma come out and then the likes of [Federico] Bernardeschi are released by Arthur's range passing - he did change the feel of that game.
"I would say that he would probably end up being a player I would like to see at Arsenal who would play most games and you would change the players around him to suit the game."
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