How Mikel Merino Will Fit In To Arteta’s Arsenal

Arsenal are set to sign Mikel Merino from Real Sociedad in a deal that will take Arsenal one step closer to beating Manchester City to the Premier League title. Today, Statman Dave takes a look at his strengths & weaknesses, overall playing style and how his arrival could tactically evolve Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal…

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[awesimo]

I think Arteta's plan for Merino is what he originally wanted Havertz to do.

[ejleoz]

Yeah if these stats translate to the prem, Arsenal are just gonna be duel kings and aerial monsters, but a gunman upfront or an explosive winger is needed

[AdvocteTruth]

If someone told me we could sign Declan Rice 2.0 for 80m less this summer, I would have chewed their arm off 😂❤

People say Arteta loves his Swiss army knives, and this guy is the ultimate utility knife.

Namely we have a world class double pivot and more importantly suddenly our left hand side looks way more intimidating.

[StevoGrilla-hcjl]

Great signing....70% of our team are over 6ft 1 💪

[simonmarie]

Meriiiino. Everyone keeps saying Moreno...

[darrylyankah]

Can't lie Dave, you cooked with the false 9 formation explanation ⭐️⭐️

[guskingarthur]

I was expecting this video, finally 😅like the signing of Merino

[gooner]

Did you say he can play as a 10 as well as a 6 and That is going to be very very handy, especially if Odegaard can't play for some reason.
His introduction into our team on the left will do wonders for little Gabby M, in particular if Merino plays the ball down the line, in behind the full back. I noticed in the Villa game yesterday that Gabby was almost starved of any service, even though he was in acres of space.
It seems that with Merino coming in, he can replicate our very successful right hand side triangle of White, Saka and Odegaard on the left hand side, with either Timber or Calafiori at LB and Gabby M or Trossard as the winger. This will make us more unpredictable and it will definitely make things easier for happy days!!!
We finally have our Granit Xhaka

[gooner]

Great work Dave, as always!!
If I want to research, find out about a player who's coming to the Premier League and how he's going to affect a this is the ONLY place to come!!

[thetriangularlemon]

Just the perfect upgrade to Granit Xhaka which is something we’ve been missing

[bigbadbenny]

Dave, you don't get enough flowers! :)

[fabianomenai]

Nice video as always can you do a video of Brighton tactics they look really interesting this season

[charliedavey]

How long have you been waiting to drop this vid?

[mohamedarte]

Thank you for the upload Dave. I've learnt more about MERINO right here. 👉

[RuffDiamond]

6 headers per ninety ... In Spain? Look how tall he is compared to the rest of the Spanish squad though

[andreashansen]

Great work @statmandave keep making those intersting videos about The Arsenal

[thabangphaleng]

Thabang Here, big fan from South Africa.

I think we (Arsenal) need a Saka back up, and still need another left 8 (to debutise for Merino) - so Rice can focus on being a complete 6. Partey his number two.

Reo Hatate. He would not mind being number two at Arsenal, and on relatively low wages. He is your Philippe Coutinho, Désiré Doué, and Jamal Musiala type of wild card special talent attacker for number the left 8.

Please check out Reo Hatate

[lilamp]

I honestly see merino playing LW they will take out martinelli because martinelli has his good and bad moments and he’s not a reliable winger. But merino has more tactical and passing ability and has a good scoring foot that will help arsenal attacking

[tswelopeleseleka]

very good in-depth explanation just disappointed that Partey was not mentioned

[antonioreciomatamoros]

I like your videos Dave, but calling him Moreno every 10 seconds was unbearable, very unprofessional