Mikel Merino on Andrea Berta hyperlinks

Mikel Merino celebrates with Martin Odegaard and William Saliba (Picture by Alex Pantling/Getty Photographs)

Arsenal star Mikel Merino has spoken out on the potential appointment of Andrea Berta because the membership’s new sporting director to exchange Edu.

The Spain worldwide joined Arsenal from Actual Sociedad final summer time and has loved a good first season on the Emirates Stadium.

“I had a proposal from Arsenal however walked out of a BIZARRE assembly with Arsene Wenger” – which legendary determine has no regrets about turning down the Gunners?

Nonetheless, it’s additionally been a little bit of an odd one for Merino as he’s just lately been requested to fill in as a makeshift striker as a result of Gunners’ main damage disaster in that space of their squad.

Thus far, it’s not gone too badly for Merino, and he spoke about that and different issues in an interview with Italian paper Gazzetta dello Sport.

Mikel Merino on new function for Arsenal and Andrea Berta’s potential arrival

Mikel Merino celebrates scoring Arsenal’s successful aim towards Chelsea (Picture by Alex Pantling/Getty Photographs)

When requested concerning the Berta to Arsenal hyperlinks, Merino mentioned: “I don’t know if it’s official; anyway, I don’t know something.

“However I do know one factor: I’ll ask for a striker’s contract. They earn extra, and now I’ve to cowl two roles too!”

Merino appears like he’s having fun with his time in north London and will probably be attention-grabbing to see how the 28-year-old’s profession progresses from right here.

One imagines he gained’t be an computerized starter in the long term, but it surely’s clear that Mikel Arteta has discovered himself a really helpful squad participant who can fill in in quite a lot of roles and present a superb perspective.

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Merino has six targets in 33 video games for Arsenal this season, and most of these have come since he just lately made the transfer to filling in up entrance.

The previous Actual Sociedad man scored the winner towards Chelsea final week, and in addition hit a brace within the latest win away to Leicester Metropolis, in addition to being among the many scorers in that emphatic 7-1 win away to PSV within the Champions League.