The Guardian: The fact that Arsenal brought in Fuan Jianyang instead of Emerson in the summer window says it all

After joining Arsenal from Bologna for 18.6 million euros last summer, Fuan Jianyang used his solid performance to solve the right side defense problem that has long plagued Arsenal, proving the team's vision.

Recently, the Guardian published an article reviewing Arsenal's choice of Fuan Jianyang in August last year, when the team was undecided between Barca defender Emerson and Fuan Jianyang.

Arsenal were close to a deal with Barca on the transfer of defender Emerson before the deadline of last summer window, but manager Arteta remained skeptical of the players, despite the high opinion of Emerson by the team's data analysis department at the time, and the bottom team was in urgent need of reinforcement of the full-backs, and there was competition from Tottenham Hotspur for Emerson's transfer team.

But in the end, Arteta still did not agree to Emerson's transfer, and the transfer came to an end, and finally the 22-year-old Brazilian full-back joined Tottenham Hotspur on the transfer deadline for 25 million euros. However, judging from his performance in the 5 months since joining, Arteta's initial concerns about whether he can adapt to the Premier League are well documented. Although Emerson has not been so bad, he is not Conte's favorite player at the moment, nor is he a standing choice for Tottenham, so the team hopes to bring in Wolves wing fast Matt Laure to replace him.

Arsenal eventually signed Bologna full-back Kenyang Fu'an, who had previously looked a bit obscure, but he was known at Bologna for his calm and steady defence, especially his handling of high-altitude balls. In the end, he also proved the team's choice correctly with his performance.

(Jaden)