Premier League Arsenal have reportedly renewed their interest in signing Nabil Fekir from La Liga outfit Real Betis this summer.
Maybe it’s time for Arsenal to call in a favour from their old boss Arsene Wenger.
The man recently hired as FIFA’s Head of Global Development may have seen his glittering reputation on the red half of North London tainted by a series of disastrous signings, humiliating defeats and a decline that continues to this day, but Wenger remains a footballing deity on the other side of the Channel.
It was the presence of this French philosopher which had Nabil Fekir seemingly pining for a move to Arsenal above all others when he was at the peak of his powers, after all.
“If he leaves, it will be for Arsenal. It’s the only club that can enable him to progress, with Arsene Wenger. He will not go to Manchester City to sit on the bench,” the winger’s father told the Mirror after Fekir was ripping Ligue 1 defences to shreds at Lyon.
Flash forward to the present day and the 2018 World Cup winner has returned to his brilliant best after swapping Lyon for Real Betis in a £17 million deal last summer.
According to the Mirror, Arsenal are set to make a concerted effort to finally lure the 26-year-old to the English capital; potentially as a replacement for Real Madrid loanee Dani Ceballos.
With seven goals and six assists in 22 La Liga games, Fekir is back to changing games all on his own in Andalusia after a series of injury problems, his dynamic dribbling, defence-splitting passes and thunderbolt shots leaving La Liga defences quaking in their boots.
But it remains to be seen whether a post-Wenger Arsenal, for whom the Champions League is but a distant memory, still hold the same allure for Fekir these days.
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