Blaise Matuidi is on the verge of completing his move from Paris Saint-Germain to Juventus for a bargain £18.2million and fans of Arsenal and Chelsea are struggling to comprehend how the Italian champions have managed to secure such a bargain.
Antonio Conte has made no secret of his desire to strengthen his Chelsea engine room in light of Nemanja Matic’s sale to Manchester United but has been quoted £40m for Leicester City’s Danny Drinkwater.
The England midfielder played a prominent role in his side’s unlikely 2015/16 Premier League title-winning campaign but his career achievements pale into insignificant when compared to Matuidi’s, a serial Ligue 1 winner, whose quality is proven at both international and Champions League level.
Arsenal, meanwhile, have an abundance of options in midfield but with injured duo Jack Wilshere and Santi Cazorla still working their ways back to full fitness, many fans feel another quality addition is required in that area.
Nice’s Jean Seri has been targeted but with any deal likely to hinge on the French side’s qualification for the Champions League, Gooners can’t understand why Matuidi was allowed to move to Juventus relatively uncontested…
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