Arsenal ready to pay €110m for Real Madrid star who can become BIGGER than Bellingham

Robin Bairner

• Updated: 8 Apr 2024 10:36 BST
• 4 min read

Arsenal are working hard to sign Real Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga and are willing to spend up to €110 million on the France international, according to a report from Spain.

Mikel Arteta’s side are known to be seeking midfield alternatives ahead of the summer transfer window, with the Gunners set to offload Thomas Partey.

Defensa Central claims that one of the players that they have been more doggedly pursuing in this area is Camavinga, who they have “tried to sign several times”.

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The Gunners’ efforts are likely to fall short, though.

The report states: “Arsenal would be willing to pay up to €110m for the player, but Madrid are not studying this possibility. They believe that he is going to become the best midfielder in the world, and they do not want to risk losing a talent of his calibre.”

Such a fee would fall short of Arsenal’s record transfer deal, which stands at the €116.6m they paid to sign Declan Rice from West Ham United last summer.

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How good can Camavinga become?

Real Madrid are right, according to SciSports. Camavinga has the attributes to become not only the best midfielder in the world, but the best player in the world.

Several things would have to happen for this to fall into place, such as Gavi, Florian Wirtz, Phil Foden and Jamal Musiala not reaching their full potential. But beyond this quartet, the data analytics experts report Camavinga has the highest ceiling for a midfielder in the game – higher even than teammate Jude Bellingham.

SciSports give every player a SciSkill and potential SciSkill rating based upon in-game data points. Currently, the best midfielder in the world is Bernardo Silva with a score of 136.3 and the best player in the world is Erling Haaland with a score of 139.3.

Camavinga can reach 151.6, according to the Dutch company, which if achieved would likely make the Real Madrid midfielder the best in the world.