One of the latest targets for Arsenal for the upcoming Summer transfer window will be Shakhtar Donetsk winger Manor Solomon. The 21-year old Israeli winger is now currently in-talks with several English clubs and is now looking forward to play in the Premier League as he has admitted that a summer move to the Premier league has now become a ‘realistic option‘.
In an interview with Israeli publications ‘Sport5‘, Solomon said, “There are talks with teams from England,” Solomon then added by saying: “There are things that can happen in the summer. My dream is to play in England and it also seems to be the most realistic option for me, and teams in England can pay.”
Ronen Katsav, Solomon’s agent spoke in January about a potential move for Manor. He made a statement that he is expecting a deal for his client to be done in the summer transfer market. Katsav also made a statement to Israel’s Radio-station ‘Radio 5’ about how big of a deal is the Summer transfer window as he said: “I think the bigger transfers will happen in the summer, because January is always corrections,’ he then told, “Secondly, the corona is affecting, and things will be clearer in the summer than now. But anything can happen.”
Alongside Arsenal, Solomon have also being linked with other Premier league teams such as Leeds United and Manchester City. He has also linked with a move to the Italian side Atalanta, where he can compete with the other Italian clubs in Serie A.
About Manor Solomon
Manor was born on July, 1999 in the city of Kfar Saba, Israel. He debut when he was just 17 years old for the Maccabi Petah Tikva, which is considered to be a one of the top clubs of their country, in the 2016-17 season. He was then called for the Israel’s Under 21 squad and was then named in the 50 most promising players in Europe by UEFA. He played a total of 78 games and scored a total of 8 goals across all competitions. before eventually moving to Shaktar Donetsk in 2019.
The Young Israeli winger then debuted for the Israel National team aged 18, after completing his mandatory Military services for the Israel Defence Forces and then secured a move to the Ukrainian Club, Shakhtar Donetsk in 2019. Since then, he has played a total of 59 games across all formats and have scored a total of 12 goals for the side. In this season, he has scored 5 goals and have 2 assists to his name.
He currently has seven caps for his National team and has scored just one goal for them, which was against Scotland in the UEFA Nations league in November 2020.
What can he bring to this Arsenal Team
With Bakuyo Saka and Nicolas Pepe being back into fine form and delivering good performances and with Lacazette also playing in wide area and Aubameyang also excelling in the left flank, Arsenal have a lot of players who can play in wide areas and that to in either sides of the pitch and the adding of Manor Solomon will only add to more in the competition around the team for their places. But lets not forget what quality of a player Manor Solomon is and what kind of game does he bring to the team.
Right now, Arsenal are in desperate need of a creative player who can dribble well and can create chances for them to score and the Management will try their best to buy a player who have those skill and for that an 21-year old Israeli winger named Manor Solomon has been picked up for the upcoming summer transfer market. Solomon is a player who plays in wide areas and is capable of playing in both left and the right flanks of the pitch. He can also play as an Attacking Midfielder who can also play in the no.10 position, behind the Striker. He loves the feeling of the ball at his feet and have an unwavering love for dribbling. He can dribble with either of his feet which tell a lot about his technical ability and have a low-centre of Gravity which makes him a lethal weapon to posses.
He still needs to be fully nurtured as he is still pretty young and have a long road ahead of him. But Arsenal have seen his potential and are ready to invest in the young Israeli winger. But whatever be the Arsenal’s bid, they will have to be substantial, since the Israeli international is tied down to Shakhtar until December 2023.
