{"id":314804,"date":"2018-12-15T14:48:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T19:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=314804"},"modified":"2018-12-15T15:00:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T20:00:46","slug":"gunners-50m-cengiz-under","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2018\/12\/15\/gunners-50m-cengiz-under\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal Transfer News: Gunners To Bid \u00a350m For Serie A&#8217;s Young Star Winger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/12\/13\/arsenals-centre-back-transfer-targets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal<\/a> are reportedly eyeing a move for Roma youngster <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/1880614f\/?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cengiz Under<\/a> for a sum of\u00a0\u20ac50 million\u00a0in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/11\/12\/arsenal-transfer-wishlist\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January transfer window<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>Who is Wonder-Kid, Arsenal Target Cengiz\u00a0Under?<\/h1>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot is-touch env-bp-min\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en-gb\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard MediaCard--mediaForward customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\">\n<p>Cengiz Under has been a revelation for the Serie A giants since his move from Istanbul\u00a0Ba\u015fak\u015fehir last season. He has since scored nine goals in 38 games for the capital club, emerging as one of the most promising young talents in European football.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/arsenalfootball.co\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal<\/a>\u2019s target Cengiz Under is a pacy player with vision in front of goal, having scored five goals this season and also having four assists to his credit, proving that he also has an eye for a pass.<\/p>\n<h2>Why do Arsenal Need Him?<\/h2>\n<p>Arsenal are in need of a versatile player to provide width along a forward line in a squad brimming with options better suited to playing through the middle and signing the 21-year-old Cengiz may fix one of their starting positions.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are keen to bolster their options in the right wing position where they have tried a lot of options including <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/16380240\/?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mesut Ozil<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/6ca5ec4b\/?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Iwobi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/dd0daf32\/?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Henrikh Mkhitaryan<\/a>, and none of them is said to have satisfied manager Unai Emery\u2019s expectations.<\/p>\n<h2>What Does the Winger Feel About This?<\/h2>\n<p>The Turkish international himself has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/soccer-transfers\/story\/3691372\/premier-league-transfer-interests-romas-cengiz-under-sources\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hinted<\/a> that he wants to spend the majority of his career in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cAmong the\u00a0leagues\u00a0I want to play in\u00a0are\u00a0La Liga, the Bundesliga\u00a0and\u00a0the Premier League, but I want to play in the Premier League the most.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>he told Millet in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>However, Roma are also aware of the interest in the youngster but Roma\u2019s Director of football, Monchi was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/news\/we-havent-decided-anything-monchi-coy-on-arsenal-and-chelsea\/9mr9e7hbl11a1a01szu3g8qud\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">uncertain<\/a> if they will offer Cengiz a new deal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cWe haven\u2019t decided anything for Cengiz Under yet\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Monchi told\u00a0before Giallarosi 1-0 loss to Udinese.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cHe is very young, he is improving.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cBut this is not the right moment to discuss a new contract and he must continue the growth process.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cLet\u2019s leave him in peace to mature at his own pace. What needs to come will come in good time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>How Would he fit in Islington?<\/h2>\n<p>With\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/ce5143da\/?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Danny Welbeck<\/a>\u2019s contract running out\u00a0next summer and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/6ca5ec4b\/?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Iwobi<\/a> lacking that end-product, Under will be an enhanced replacement for both. And being only 21, Cengiz still has time to develop and will be worth of each penny of the\u00a0\u20ac50 million price.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are in a transition phase, with\u00a0a great manager in <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/12\/14\/mesut-ozil-could-leave-arsenal-as-he-fails-to-adjust-to-unai-emery\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Unai Emery<\/a>. He needs at least two transfer windows to get his best starting XI.<\/p>\n<p>Securing the transfer of Cengiz Under will be a big boost, as his pace and technical ability along with his determined and disciplined attitude will be key in a side that will aim to challenge for the\u00a0title next season.<\/p>\n<p>Main Image Credit:<br \/>\n<a id=\"tRAZzlGwRzN65YVWsIywGw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1066690352\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'tRAZzlGwRzN65YVWsIywGw',sig:'HBGRoAgKpeQ-j5Da9V8rLXGxs7iALFSUGztfnRsUIsE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1066690352',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are reportedly eyeing a move for Roma youngster Cengiz Under for a sum of\u00a0\u20ac50 million\u00a0in the January transfer window. Who is Wonder-Kid, Arsenal Target Cengiz\u00a0Under? Cengiz Under has been a revelation for the Serie A giants since his move from Istanbul\u00a0Ba\u015fak\u015fehir last season. He has since scored nine goals in 38 games for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2859,"featured_media":314831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[32738,3190,3128,773,40,37],"class_list":["post-314804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-premier-league","tag-arsenal-fixtures","tag-arsenal-transfer-news","tag-cengiz-under","tag-january-transfer-window","tag-premier-league","tag-transfers"],"modified_by":"Martin Hawkins","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2859"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}