Arsenal were presented with a great opportunity to improve their midfield in the summer transfer window after the midweek Champions League fixtures.
RB Salzburg were the surprise of the week, as they managed to draw the Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, who are one of the favourites to win the competition, and they just minutes even get a victory from the match.
The Austrian side’s excellent display was mostly thanks to Mohamed Camara who bossed the midfield and earned himself a man of the match award.
With Mohammed Elneny set to leave the club at the end of the season, Camara would be the perfect replacement to start as a rotational option for Mikel Arteta.
In RB Salzburg’s impressive performance against Bayern Munich, Camara won six tackles, two interceptions, and won 17 out of his 22 duels.
The tireless midfielder has played 96% of all possible minutes in the Champions League this season and has been pivotal for his team’s impressive European run this year.
His ability to successfully cover all areas of the pitch is reminiscent of N’Golo Kante, especially considering that both players are also small in their stature.
Arsenal are set to be short in the midfield positions come to the end of the season, as Football.london understands that Roma are expected to make a fresh attempt to sign Granit Xhaka at the end of the season.
Elneny’s contract is also set to expire without the club likely to extend a deal, and this is the player who Camara should come into replace.
Despite the excellent Champions League performance against Bayern Munich, the youngster would still need time to adapt to the Premier League.
Erling Haaland, Takumi Minamino, Sadio Mane and Karim Adeyemi are just some of the impressive players to come out of Rb Salzburg at a young age, showing that Camara has a good pedigree behind him, and he can certainly follow that trend.
His performance against Bayern Munich proved that will become a midfielder general in the future, and he is an exciting young talent that Edu should look to pursue.
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