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Arsenal transfer news: Yannick Carrasco will be at his ‘best’ at Gunners - Nicol
YANNICK CARRASCO would be back to his best if he completed a late loan move to Arsenal.
Yannick Carrasco would be a good Arsenal signing claims Nicol
That is according to ESPN FC pundit and former Liverpool defender Steve Nicol.
Carrasco has been heavily linked with a switch to Arsenal in recent days.
The Belgium international is currently plying his trade in the Chinese Super League with Dalian Yifang.
However, it is reported he is keen on a return to Europe after previous spells at Monaco and Atletico Madrid.
I think Arsenal are going to get a guy that’s going to come to the Premier League and we are going to see the best of Carrasco
Carrasco is an alternative option to Inter Milan winger Ivan Perisic, who Arsenal were also keen on.
Nicol is a fan of the 25-year-old who would become Arsenal’s second signing of the window following the arrival of Denis Suarez from Barcelona.
But he admits he does have doubts over Suarez’s potential to play in the Premier League.
“I definitely think Perisic for me is the better of the three players, but it’s not happening,” Nicol said.
“Manchester United couldn’t get him and Arsenal aren’t getting him either.
“Denis Suarez, I don’t know what you’re getting.
“If you can’t perform at Barcelona with all those players around you, then there has to be question marks on your temperament more than anything else.
“So Carrasco would be a good signing.
“Probably I would think that, he’s in China right now, clearly he went to China for the money.
“But when you go to a place like that, all of a sudden the money doesn’t quite fit the bill, it doesn’t quite make you happy.
“So I think Arsenal are going to get a guy that’s going to come to the Premier League and we are going to see the best of Carrasco.
“The type of Carrasco that was so good at Atletico Madrid.”