Thomas Eisfeld, the man we signed from Dortmund during the recent transfer window.
Plays attacking midfield, 19 years old.
For some reason he fits the profile of Wenger signings
Thomas Eisfeld comes on the cheap. The fee is reported to be £420,000.
For context and perspective, compare Dortmund’s Shinji Kagawa, who was signed in the summer of 2010 for €350,000 from Cerezo Osaka, who then quickly established himself as Dortmund’s best player before injury interrupted his progress and Mario Götze emerged. Kagawa has become indispensable to the Dortmund team.
Moral of the story:
Good signing is not necessary star signing.
I had discussions with several Arsenal fans. And one of them my brother theorized that:
Maybe Wenger will convert him from an attacking midfielder to a Striker like Rvp.
For me it does not sound crazy. Mr Eisfeld does have talent, I have watched several reserve games video clips which he played.
i.e. vs Swansea reserve.
It would be interesting what happens during the pre-season for this youngster and several others like Jon Toral, Serge Gnabry, Hector Bellerin, Nico Yennaris, Ignasi Miquel, Conor Henderson and others
All I can hope for all these talents is that they don't do a Mark Randall.
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