Mikel Arteta allowed Nuno Tavares to go away Arsenal this summer time. (Photograph by Alex Pantling/Getty Pictures)
Arsenal proceed to make massive strides underneath the management of Mikel Arteta and having fashioned a really aggressive squad in North London, the Spaniard might have made a mistake by permitting Nuno Tavares to go away through the summer time.
The left-back place is an space of the pitch that Arteta is but to completely kind out because the Spanish coach has experimented with a number of gamers within the position during the last two seasons.
Riccardo Calafiori was signed through the summer time with an eye fixed on establishing the Italian because the Gunners’ long-term left-back. Nevertheless, with the 22-year-old set to overlook the following few weeks on account of damage, it might not be a foul time for the North London membership to have Nuno Tavares accessible for choice.
The Portuguese star has been with Arsenal since 2021 however has spent the previous three seasons out on mortgage as Arteta doesn’t appear to fancy the 24-year-old. The total-back joined Lazio on mortgage through the summer time for the 2024/25 marketing campaign and has been shining in Italy as a part of a again 4.
Tavarez has featured in seven video games for the Rome-based aspect and has supplied seven assists to assist Lazio climb to sixth within the Serie A standings.
Marco Baroni appears to be getting one of the best out of the defender and if he continues to carry out like this, may the Portuguese star have a future at Arsenal?
Does Nuno Tavares have a future at Arsenal?
Regardless of his success with Lazio, it seems like Tavares had his time to show himself at Arsenal and it doesn’t matter what he does in Italy, he won’t be in Arteta’s plans going ahead.
The Portuguese expertise performed 28 occasions for the Gunners since he arrived in 2021, producing only one purpose and two assists.
In the end the left-back shouldn’t be ok for the degrees Arsenal and Arteta hope to achieve and with Calafiori on the scene, the possible end result for the defender is that he will probably be bought completely in 2025.