How Mikel Merino Will Fit In To Arteta’s Arsenal

[@awesimo4684]

I think Arteta's plan for Merino is what he originally wanted Havertz to do.

[@willowz6]

Yeah, pretty much. Essentially, he wanted to replace Xhaka, but we just ended up without someone in that role for a whole season. Luckily, Kai's been quite good upfront, but this is why most of our play was down the right-hand side as well. Merino and Zin/Tim/Cal will unlock the left-hand side for us this season. I'm expecting the team to reach a new level.

[@ejleoz21]

Yeah if these stats translate to the prem, Arsenal are just gonna be duel kings and aerial monsters, but a gunman upfront or an explosive winger is needed

[@Rudeboydanyute]

Just a wing man,

[@javierlandaverde4108]

Not needed they got it covered up top with striker and wing.

[@lilili101]

Mitoma or Kudus would be perfect. Martinelli isn't going to make it.

[@FootballAndSuch]

​@@javierlandaverde4108 any Arsenal fan can tell you it IS needed

[@PnkLpzAhmed]

It's meant to be a game of football not yu gi oh

[@StevoGrilla-hc6jl]

Great signing....70% of our team are over 6ft 1 💪

[@deepu14693]

8/11 if you consider Calafiori in the LB position. Only Saka, Trossard/Gabi and Odegaard are shorter than 6’ Mikel is building a team like the one from the early Wenger days. Tall, athletic, strong and technical😮

[@Advoc8te4Truth]

If someone told me we could sign Declan Rice 2.0 for 80m less this summer, I would have chewed their arm off 😂❤ People say Arteta loves his Swiss army knives, and this guy is the ultimate utility knife. Namely we have a world class double pivot and more importantly suddenly our left hand side looks way more intimidating.

[@simonmarie83]

Meriiiino. Everyone keeps saying Moreno...

[@MrTeReviento]

ME-RI-NO not MORENO lol

[@henryeweama2270]

WE DO NOT F****** CARE

[@matheus.bueno47]

They can't say his name for some reason. All English media have been butchering his name. I heard Marino, Moreno, Mereno, 🤣🤣

[@cobydog456]

Brits could not pronounce names correctly if their lives depended on it

[@gus439]

@@henryeweama2270 lol who even are you?

[@Luis-gs9vc]

Cuál hello?? aquí me hablas Español!

[@fabianomenai5058]

Nice video as always can you do a video of Brighton tactics they look really interesting this season

[@darrylyankah5852]

Can't lie Dave, you cooked with the false 9 formation explanation ⭐️⭐️

[@gooner72]

Did you say he can play as a 10 as well as a 6 and 8?????? That is going to be very very handy, especially if Odegaard can't play for some reason. His introduction into our team on the left will do wonders for little Gabby M, in particular if Merino plays the ball down the line, in behind the full back. I noticed in the Villa game yesterday that Gabby was almost starved of any service, even though he was in acres of space. It seems that with Merino coming in, he can replicate our very successful right hand side triangle of White, Saka and Odegaard on the left hand side, with either Timber or Calafiori at LB and Gabby M or Trossard as the winger. This will make us more unpredictable and it will definitely make things easier for Arteta....... happy days!!! We finally have our Granit Xhaka replacement!!!!!!!

[@guskingarthur1]

I was expecting this video, finally 😅like the signing of Merino

[@gooner72]

Great work Dave, as always!! If I want to research, find out about a player who's coming to the Premier League and how he's going to affect a club......... this is the ONLY place to come!!

[@adeshas83]

Very good video. 30mins of joy

[@protagonist9794]

We love arsenal bangers from you ❤❤

[@mohamedarte5015]

Thank you for the upload Dave. I've learnt more about MERINO right here. 👉

[@bigbadbenny]

Dave, you don't get enough flowers! :)

[@Kitofthearts]

Yeah , he must speak with Kristian Kasanova over on his channel. Change his gameplay !

[@thetriangularlemon5426]

Just the perfect upgrade to Granit Xhaka which is something we’ve been missing

[@andreashansen9005]

Great work @statmandave keep making those intersting videos about The Arsenal

[@charliedavey3257]

How long have you been waiting to drop this vid?

[@StatmanDave]

Not as long as Calafiori

[@KingDavid007x]

@@StatmanDavedo videos about OTHER clubs not just arsenal and United it's boring now. You would think stats and football was only about 2 teams Unsubscribe

[@FLAWLESS400]

Bye😂 ​@@KingDavid007x

[@remy7663]

​@@KingDavid007x which clubs do you suggest?

[@HeisPapi]

@@KingDavid007x suggest more rather than just being pissed, also he may want to do this for teams that interest him tactically you can't blame him for that

[@ToLateToTrifecta]

Best analyst in the game

[@RuffDiamond23]

6 headers per ninety ... In Spain? Look how tall he is compared to the rest of the Spanish squad though

[@mitchellwhite2798]

There’s a lot of non Spanish players in la liga

[@TheDjSweets]

Yeah headers are so easy! No skill whatsoever required to do headers that’s why everyone does it 🤥

[@fm7finn995]

Consistently making amazing videos 🔥

[@thabangphaleng916]

Thabang Here, big fan from South Africa. I think we (Arsenal) need a Saka back up, and still need another left 8 (to debutise for Merino) - so Rice can focus on being a complete 6. Partey his number two. Reo Hatate. He would not mind being number two at Arsenal, and on relatively low wages. He is your Philippe Coutinho, Désiré Doué, and Jamal Musiala type of wild card special talent attacker for number the left 8. Please check out Reo Hatate

[@shanemulvey4065]

Most underrated content creator on the platform.

[@DavidSmith-eh7rs]

Thanks for the terrific analysis as usual. I'll forgive your typical British mispronunciation of Spanish/Latin American/Portuguese names....

[@lilamp198]

I honestly see merino playing LW they will take out martinelli because martinelli has his good and bad moments and he’s not a reliable winger. But merino has more tactical and passing ability and has a good scoring foot that will help arsenal attacking

[@nickmeadows8814]

Great insight thanks Dave

[@garygriffin3647]

Merino is like Rice jack of all trades master of most of them a complete midfielder

[@Slicis]

you could only imagine how many days it took him to save this video for today 😂

[@Slicis]

weeks even 😭

[@antonioreciomatamoros1773]

I like your videos Dave, but calling him Moreno every 10 seconds was unbearable, very unprofessional

[@tswelopeleseleka9641]

very good in-depth explanation just disappointed that Partey was not mentioned

[@DavidSmith-eh7rs]

Merino obviously will allow Arsenal to become less reliant on Partey which is good because he is less reliable for the last 2 seasons.

[@davzbalian295]

Deep down statmanDave is an Arsenal fan.

[@Sugalishere]

Watching your videos consistently well burn the led screen, change the ref line to something faint

[@karltam3831]

It is insane how much we have paid for him. Purely because he wants to join Arsenal. otherwise, a player like him will cost more than 40m

[@AliMohamed-yq4wn]

He was 28 million plus 4.25 million add ons stop lying.

[@karltam3831]

@@AliMohamed-yq4wn haaaa Name me a player who just won euro, under 30, scored a goal who is less than 30m ? lol villa sell luiz for 42.5 m pounds plus add on Think with your Brian and know the market before saying 💩

[@AliMohamed-yq4wn]

@@karltam3831 are you stupid?

[@DavidSmith-eh7rs]

Fact that he was in the last year of his contract like Trossard also was key. Ironic that Arsenal got Leo for roughly the same price. Let's hope for similar impact!

[@karltam3831]

@@DavidSmith-eh7rsyea. If we believe the news saying that Barca, A Madrid also want to sign him and we landed him at the end. We should give credit to edu and the team. I believe him experience will be massive than we are facing tough and important moment

[@LwandleDlamini_]

60k wages on his previous deal, probably only got close to 100 or so great business.

[@akamiconsultingassociatesl4188]

He is a good signing

[@Westfamilyoz]

Elite content

[@grim8748]

Merino is gonna unlock martinelli again

[@Kobble8]

I always look forward to videos on Arsenal tactics, but whenever I watch yours, I can tell that you don’t really understand Arteta’s tactics fully. Merino won’t be played as an 8, unless he needs to. He’d mostly play deeper as a 6 under Arteta, especially if he’s playing next to Rice, since he’s a lot more comfortable at progressing the play compared to Rice. He’d play as an 8 if he plays next to Partey or Jorginho

[@tlubbert]

Merino is like a defensive Havertz

[@yaohun]

Better signing than Trossard? im skeptical about this.

[@VinnieHndrx]

Merino is basiclly a Spanish Xhaka :)

[@JonasFilberg]

Finally 🔥

[@ofemotu9441]

Is he faster or slower than Xhaka? How similar are they?

[@protagonist9794]

@@ofemotu9441 i think xhaka is better technically, but merino is better physically. Something along the lines of that

[@ofemotu9441]

@@protagonist9794 Thanks bro.

[@user-en1xu7bj1r]

Is he anything like Rodri?

[@aybeesea]

MerIno. FFS at least pretend you're trying... my word.

[@st0phmeist3r]

Hi Davey-poo’s

[@jhunnyx263]

Butchered his name throughout this 😂 good video besides that

[@adewalekehinde5057]

Where does that put Viera

[@Levi-ol4zv]

On loan back at Porto 🤔

[@phatstar6344]

​@@Levi-ol4zvHopefully to never return

[@DUBSDADEVILL]

I like Merino attack my Girlfriend's BOX very well.

[@spencersnipes5221]

Fellaini? Please don't suggest Arsenal signed such a poor player 😅

[@DavidSmith-eh7rs]

Only comparison to Fellaini was regarding aerial duels. Try to keep up.

[@alexhaynes7220]

We and for us the Arsenal to go and do it and win the league and champions league we need and want and must and have got to sell Eddie and Nelson and buy and get a St and right winger right now

[@edwardkelly3280]

Eddie Nketiah is gone to Nottingham

[@ki11a]

Why CANT you pronounce his name properly... MERIIIIIIIIIII NO

[@hartzldn]

Sterling for around 100 grand is robbery, but it’s impossible. Chelsea would want around 40-50 million and his wages would be around 300k

[@deegosnippHD]

@statmandave your boy rice might end up on the bench no one benching a fit TP5 @statmandave 😂😂😂😂😂

[@usmanrulezzz]

The best signing Arsenal could have made was Bruno Guimaraes. Also Xabi Simmons on a loan. Still have the opportunity to sign Jadon Sancho on loan or Chiesa for free. They also had the option of signing Joao Neves who PSG bought and is already balling out. Young and full of potential.

[@akielstraker]

LMAO @ every single choice you just listed there. Good grief. This is not FIFA, kiddo.

[@MassarMassar-pv5ru]

Midfielders should be technically gifted not tall ,ican see where this is going, tactical with no fluidity.

[@funeg]

He wont

[@Silvhino-g8m]

Professinal voice but cant involve without video

[@chosenone9589]

As someone who watches arsenal religiously, this take on how arsenal will line up is terrible. And Arsenal fan knows arsenal need Partey in their big games. In our big games, our line up will be ''Merino, Party, Odegard.

[@sethmyre6691]

No. rice > partey

[@void0350]

a midfeid without rice because we save him for the relegation fodder? 😭

[@adeyemijoshua8021]

@@void0350he is a joke 🤣🤣🤣

[@ejiro241]

Rice is our starting midfielder. Partey will be on the bench.

[@MartinSparks-ef9gr]

Have we got him ? Or is this endless shit still on going ? Sick to death of " deal agreed! But , no its not . I appreciate your fact based content. Ty !

[@EyeIn_The_Sky]

He will fit in perfectly because where he came from also never win trophies

[@kieranmahony957]

Annoying haircut

[@protagonist9794]

We love arsenal bangers from you ❤❤