Noni Madueke in motion for Chelsea on the Membership World Cup (Photograph by Francois Nel/Getty Pictures)
You’ll possible have seen by now that Arsenal are closing in on Noni Madueke, and that their followers are NOT glad about it.
The Gunners are near an settlement with Chelsea over the England worldwide, as per the Athletic and others, and there have been various eyebrows raised concerning the deal.
Not solely is Madueke probably not a participant able Arsenal want, however he’s additionally trying set to be fairly costly for a participant who hasn’t actually been that good for Chelsea at any level.
This has led to a ‘No to Madueke’ petition began by Arsenal followers, which reached 2,000 signatures yesterday and is now over 4,000 on the time of writing.
In the meantime, see beneath because the Telegraph’s Sam Dean sums up the sturdy response he’s seen to the Madueke information, saying he’s by no means seen something fairly prefer it…
Is that this all a little bit of an overreaction? In spite of everything, Madueke is just 23 years outdated, and appears like he has it in him to be an honest squad participant for Arsenal, with final season proving a harsh lesson that the membership lacked depth in assault after turning into overly reliant on Bukayo Saka specifically.
Not everybody at Chelsea is glad about Noni Madueke leaving
It’s additionally fascinating to get a Chelsea perspective on this, with Will Faulks, editor of Chelsea Information, talking to CaughtOffside to defend the progress Madueke had been making at Stamford Bridge.
“It’s straightforward to grasp why Arsenal followers aren’t too eager on signing Noni Madueke – for all his expertise he will be very irritating, and loads of Chelsea supporters aren’t too bothered to see him go,” Faulks tells CaughtOffside.
“However the Gunners ought to give him an opportunity – he’s more and more productive in entrance of aim, and in a effectively structured aspect like Arsenal it’s straightforward to see him enhancing much more and ironing out the weaknesses that stay in his sport.
“There are nearly as many Chelsea followers annoyed by the sale as there Arsenal followers who’re towards the transfer. Loads of Blues really feel they’ve suffered by way of two and a half years of growing the England winger; solely to now promote him simply as he’s about to go to a brand new stage. It should fascinating to see which aspect find yourself feeling they acquired the perfect of this deal just a few years down the road.”
Would Madueke be an excellent signing for Arsenal?
Once we polled our followers on this, right here’s what we discovered…
On the time of writing, over 1,000 followers have voted, with 46% saying Madueke could possibly be an excellent signing for Arsenal, whereas 40.%% voted no, with the remaining 13.5% undecided.
Maybe this implies the vocal crowd of Gooners establishing petitions aren’t essentially probably the most consultant, even when they appeal to plenty of consideration.
Nonetheless, Madueke and Arsenal will possible pay attention to the noise this deal has generated, and it could possibly be a problem for Mikel Arteta to assist his new signing settle in.
We’ll need to see what Madueke can do on the pitch for his new membership, however there’s sufficient dangerous feeling within the air already to recommend that he received’t precisely have that lengthy to win the Emirates crowd over.
