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Ranking the 10 most expensive midfield transfers in Arsenal history

12Sep

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Features, Premier League

Ranking the 10 most expensive midfield transfers in Arsenal history

Arsenal are one of the biggest clubs in European football, and in recent years, they have shown a renewed willingness to spend and return to the summit of both English football and Europe as a whole. In the past two summers, Arsenal have made two high-profile midfield signings in Declan Rice and Mikel Merino. Rice cost the club over a 100 million euros, as Arsenal needed to spend big in order to make sure they signed the West Ham star over title rivals Manchester City. There's no doubt that Rice was a big splash, but is he the biggest in the history of Arsenal midfield transfers? And where does the 32 million euro deal for Real Sociedad's Mikel Merino rank? Here are the top 10 most expensive midfield additions in Arsenal history. All prices are courtesy of Transfermarkt. 10. Sant...

The 10 best players FC Schalke 04 ever produced

Before Schalke nearly became the worst team in the history of German football, they were literally the third-biggest club in the country behind Bayern Munich and arch rivals Borussia Dortmund. In fact, just two years before the bottom started to fall out, Schalke finished the season second behind Bayern. Heck, that very 2019/20 season during which they collapsed in the second half of the campaign, the Royal Blues were second at the end of the Hinrunde. Schalke are a proud club, and their "Knappenschmiede" academy has literally produced some of the greatest players in the history of German football. So let's honor Schalke and some of its legends of the recent past by looking at the 10 best players the Royal Blues ever developed from the ground up. GK Manuel Neuer We have to begin wi...

Ranking the 10 best Arsenal players of the 2010s decade

In many ways, the 2010s were an awkward period for Arsenal. During the 2000s under Arsene Wenger, the Gunners were, at one point, the most dominant force in English football. They were literally "Invincible" at their peak and would later push Barcelona to their limit in a Champions League Final. And most recently, Arsenal have pushed Manchester City, the champions of Europe, to their limit as legitimate Premier League title contenders with a fresh squad under Mikel Arteta's direction. However, in between, there was a time when it looked like Arsenal would struggle to get back to the point of being a perennial force in the Champions League - let alone return to the summit of English football. For as much as he received criticism, Wenger was the stability point for Arsenal in those dar...