Arsenal set to lose out on Norwich star, three alternatives
The Argentine playmaker scored a total of 15 goals while turning provider for 17 as Daniel Farke’s side secured an immediate comeback to the Premier League and was awarded EFL Championship Player of the Season.
Arsenal losing out to Aston Villa for the signature of Buendia will be a massive blow to the Gunners and should be a lesson to their recruitment team that they must speed up the process of strengthening the squad. However, it is claimed that the 24-year-old was not their top priority.
Here we take a look at three players the Gunners could consider as alternatives of the Argentine:
Thiago Almada
Thiago Almada has been regarded as one of the biggest talents in South America for quite some time now and the technically gifted attacking midfielder has already been linked with several top clubs across the whole Europe.
In England, Leeds United, Liverpool and Manchester United have all been linked with the youngster but among them, only Leeds can offer him regular first team football. Arsenal can ideally target the wonderkid as an alternative to his compatriot Buendia and can get a potential world-beater in the Vélez Sarsfield man.
