{"id":7362,"date":"2022-01-26T12:07:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T17:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/26\/georginio-wijnaldum-keen-on-idea-of-joining-arsenal\/"},"modified":"2022-01-26T12:07:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T17:07:01","slug":"georginio-wijnaldum-keen-on-idea-of-joining-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/26\/georginio-wijnaldum-keen-on-idea-of-joining-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Georginio Wijnaldum keen on idea of joining Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reports coming out of England suggest that Georginio Wijnaldum is open to returning to England.<\/p>\n

The Dutchman left Liverpool for PSG at the end of last season but has since struggled for form and regular game time in Paris.<\/p>\n

And now, as per ESPN<\/a> citing Sky Sports, Wijnaldum\u00a0could be set for a move back to the Premier League and is keen on the idea of joining Arsenal.<\/p>\n

Wijnaldum is reportedly keen to return to\u00a0England\u2019s top-flight just six months after leaving\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0for PSG on a free transfer as he has endured a mixed season in Ligue 1 and struggled to hold down a regular place in Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s midfield.<\/p>\n

Instead of returning to Liverpool, though, the Netherlands\u00a0international is said to want to join the Gunners, the club he admired as a boy.<\/p>\n

However, there is a stumbling block as PSG do not want to lose the midfielder mid-season and Wijnaldum isn\u2019t expected to publicly push for a move away.<\/p>\n

Arsenal\u2019s midfield woes<\/h2>\n

On paper, Wijnaldum looks like a solid option to help solve Arsenal\u2019s midfield issues.<\/p>\n

The Gunners are very light in that department at present, with Mohamed Elneny out of contract in the summer and Granit Xhaka continuing to prove his unreliability, it seems obvious that Arsenal need some fresh legs in that spot to continue progressing as a side.<\/p>\n

And as shown during his time with Liverpool, Wijnaldum is a very reliable option who hardly ever gets injured, he works very hard and is also creative enough when required.<\/p>\n

One issue, though, is that Wijnaldum, now 31, does not really fit the mould of Arsenal\u2019s current transfer model, which has seen them focus on younger talents generally 24 and under.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/h3>\n

Premier League golden boot race: Latest odds and tips 2021\/22<\/a><\/h3>\n

Premier League relegation race: Latest odds and tips 2021\/22<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Reports coming out of England suggest that Georginio Wijnaldum is open to returning to England. The Dutchman left Liverpool for PSG at the end of last season but has since struggled for form and regular game time in Paris. And now, as per ESPN citing Sky Sports, Wijnaldum\u00a0could be set for a move back to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-7362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}