Why Arsenal should prioritize on Youri Tielemans over Sergej Milinkovic-Savic

They
have
already
signed
Gabriel
Jesus,
Fabio
Vieira,
Marquinhos
and
Matt
Turner
but
are
expected
to
be
in
the
market
for
more
recruitments.

One
of
the
areas
the
Gunners
are
evidently
looking
to
bolster
is
central
midfield
as
we
saw
them
being
stretched
in
the
position
last
season.

With
Europa
League
football
also
in
the
horizon,
they
will
need
more
options
in
every
department
and
the
midfield
already
looks
short
of
both
depth
and
quality.

The
North
London
club
have
been
linked
with
two
top
quality
midfielders.
Leicester
City
star
Youri
Tielemans
is
reportedly
a
target
while
the
Gunners
have
also
been
linked
with
a
move
for
Sergej
Milinkovic-Savic.

Milinkovic-Savic
arguably
comes
with
a
stronger
reputation
in
comparison
to
Tielemans
but
Tielemans
should
be
rather
prioritized
by
Arsenal
for
a
number
of
reasons.

One
of
the
key
reasons
is
the
package
of
the
Serb.
Milinkovic-Savic
is
expected
to
cost
around
70
to
80
million
euros
and
Lazio
have
always
been
exceptionally
tough
negotiators.
They
have
managed
to
retain
the
all-action
midfielder
for
so
long
despite
interest
from
some
of
the
biggest
clubs
in
Europe
and
are
in
no
position
to
budge
from
their
position.

Tielemans
is,
on
the
other
hand,
in
the
final
12
months
of
his
deal
with
Leicester
City
and
could
be
available
for
almost
the
half
of
that
of
Milinkovic-Savic.

Also,
the
Belgian
is
experienced
in
the
Premier
League
already
which
almost
negates
the
risk
of
him
flopping.
Milinkovic-Savic
might
come
good
at
Arsenal
but
there
is
always
a
risk
associated
with
players
moving
from
foreign
leagues.

Finally,
Tielemans
is
more
than
two
years
younger
than
the
Lazio
midfielder.
While
Milinkovic-Savic
is
very
much
at
his
peak,
Tielemans
certainly
represents
much
more
value
for
money.

Arsenal
have
started
their
window
quite
well
but
they
still
have
plenty
of
areas
to
address
upon
and
midfield
should
be
at
the
top
of
that
list.
Both
Milinkovic-Savic
and
Tielemans
would
be
excellent
additions
to
the
Gunners
but
if
they
have
to
choose
one,
Tielemans
makes
more
sense.