Jorginho transfer decision can be blessing in disguise for Arsenal with double blow expected
Plenty has been made of Arsenal's summer transfer window.
With regard to the first-team squad, four signings arrived thus taking the club's spending past the £200million mark whilst 13 were allowed to depart whether that be permanently or on loan. But there's one deal that the Gunners did not complete which will ultimately prove to be a stroke of genius.
Of course, as the transfer window remains open in Portugal and the Saudi Pro League, it means Arsenal's business for the summer may not be over just yet. Although whilst Nicolas Pepe and Cedric Soares could depart before the end of the month, it would appear that Jorginho is staying put.
In fact, it's been confirmed by the midfielder's agent, Joao Santos, that the Italian will not be linking up with former Chelsea teammate Michy Batshuayi at Fenerbahce amid talk of the Super Lig outfit making a move before the transfer window in Turkey slams shut on September 15.
«Jorginho is focused on Arsenal. Therefore, on the Premier League championship and the Champions League,» Santos said when speaking to Italian media outlet tuttomercatoweb earlier in the week. «He will not go to Fenerbahce.»
Had the 31-year-old been open to an exit and was granted a move by Arsenal it would have left Mikel Arteta unable to sign a replacement. This prospect may have been fine for the first half of the campaign, but come the turn of the year it would undoubtedly have raised some problems.
Emile Smith Rowe, Fabio Vieira and the Arsenal players Mikel Arteta will work with in training
Between January 13 and February 11, the Africa Cup of Nations will take place in the Ivory Coast. Egypt have already qualified and Ghana are likely to join them which means Arteta could be without and Mohamed Elneny and
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