Arsenal have announced that Marquinhos will spend the majority of 2025 on loan with Brazil Seria A side Cruzeiro.
The 21 year old forward will spend the duration of the Brazilian season – which runs until December – with the Belo Horizonte based side.
It’s his fourth loan away since joining the club in 2022. He had spells with Norwich and Nantes, before spending last season with Fluminense, where he made 29 appearances – scoring 2 goals and providing 2 assists.
He has made 6 appearances for the Gunners, scoring a goal and making an assist on his debut in a Europa League game against FC Zurich.
Good luck to him on his latest loan adventure.
He has just used his air miles to buy a new air fryer.
Every cloud and all that…
Is he Cruizing to Arsenal door?
Well, if he isn’t able to get in the squad when we’re threadbare in attack… When?
The answer is never
The worst signing that the club have ever made. Oh! I forgot about Sterling!
If we’re including loans surely Denis Suarez takes the crown.
He was a low risk punt that didnt work out. I dont think he even cracks the top 10 of worst Arsenal signings. Squillaci, Mustafi, Park Chu-Yung, Chamakh, Denis Suarez, Andre Santos, Runarsson…
Bischoff
Kallstrom
1. Free transfer on minimal wages
2. Half season loan
I think Mustafi was arguably the most damaging signing made by any big club in England in the last 10 years. Catastrophically bad player in a position we had no other options for a price that was, at the time, a huge deal. Only competition for the crown was Pepe, but Saka came through and made his failure irrelevant.
This is an extremely arsenal centric view. Have you not seen United recently?
I thought the thread was about Arsenal worst signings?
He called Mustafi the most damaging signing made by any club in the past 10 years, which might be the greatest hyperbole I’ve ever heard.
The worst signing Arsenal have ever made on value provided to money invested is Nicolas Pepe, and it’s not close. When you spend that kind of money, it’s because you think you’re getting several seasons of a game changer profile. Pepe became a rotational player by season 2, and accrued no transfer fee on his way out. Complete disaster. Mustafi was bad also but the money involved was half of what we paid for Pepe, and he played a lot more games than Pepe. Wasn’t as bad as you make him out to be either, but of course Arsenal wasn’t… Read more »
Not forgotten haddock face Silvestee
Pal bloody Lydersen, pal. Pal bloody Lydersen.
Young? Asano, Nwakali etc.
Willie Young?
Willian sends regards
I wish, I could say Mudryk but he never came.
Jeff Blockley.
Pepe surely the worst value Arsenal signing and must be in the top 5 for the PL overall.
kai havertez is the worst. highest paid player salary per week and is horrible in front of goal
To unearth another Martinelli you have to risk a Marquinhos on the way. I hope we “waste” £5-10m on a kid every summer given our current 50% success rate!
Fully agree. Although top talents are mostly going to Spain.
Off topic, addressing the consternation about results and transfer activity. Results wise, we are 5 points worse than last season from the same fixtures, with much worse injury and red card luck. Liverpool have only played 3 of their top 12 most difficult away fixtures, while we’ve played 10 of ours. The last game against Newcastle was hugely frustrating, but not because we were second best. It’s football, and the better team doesn’t always win. Transfers wise, Arsenal are said to have about 150 million in head room before PSR regulations become an issue. That’s about what it’s going to… Read more »
The Athletic’s JJ Bull released a video yesterday but did not convince me with his suggestions.
I enjoyed Nico Williams during last Euro but I agree it does not seem like a huge upgrade.
To be fair I don’t see who we could get that who be an instant upgrade without costing 100+ millions..
This might be unpopular but I like Hudson-Odoi as an attainable target on the LW. He’s going to be entering the last year of his contract soon. He’s got a nice mix of passing and carrying ability and strikes it really well on that right foot when he cuts inside. Was once a blue chip prospect before his big injury, but staying fit in the PL consistently now and still just 24. Doesn’t take people on that much but a big threat with a cross or shot from the edge of the box. I also like Burnley’s Koleosho just for… Read more »
With the greatest respect, they might be solid midtable players but are not what we need. We didn’t sell ESR, Nketiah, Nelson to replace them with weaker players. We need attacking reinforcements but anyone we sign must be an upgrade on Martinelli, Trossard, Jesus, Havertz etc
I might very well be wrong about these players. That said, I think player scouting is about projecting skillset to needs, as well as profiling fit, and then make all of that work within a budget, so these are not aspirational targets so much as doable options that could really help. CHO gives quality decision making and ball striking in the final 3rd, which are Martinelli’s greatest weaknesses, so they complement each other well. Koleosho gives electric pace and take ons in volume, which are both lacking in the squad. And I think both can be had for < 30… Read more »
Here’s some helpful context on Koleosho. These numbers are not be all end all but he’s in pretty good company with Savio, Yamal and Garnacho. Being top 5 at anything in your age group is nothing to sniff at.
The discussion is after a very frustrating game, and so yes, negativity plays a role. The excuse is that we don’t have Saka, and we had three players who just recovered from a bug. But our style of play has not been great this season. We are second in PL and on a good run in CL, and no one would say that’s a disaster, though, people are talking about how to go one position higher. Talking about easy and hard fixtures, I would say this Liverpool with 10+ points margin will have the energy and eager to win every… Read more »