Written by Many people think that it is only William Saliba’s injury that contributed to the signing of Ezri Konsa. This is not the only reason, Christian Mosquera also played a very major role in making sure that Mikel Arteta signed another centre back of Ezri Konsa’s caliber.
Christian Mosquera is not a bad player, but some of the mistakes that he made, are the ones that made Mikel Arteta to have little trust in him. He made some mistakes that were punishable and teams that took advantage of them scored Arsenal from Christian Mosquera’s mistakes.
William Saliba was Arsenal’s Berlin wall and to defend the Premier League title, Mikel Arteta needed another foot soldier to step up and give Gabriel Magalhaes some good cover in the absence of William Saliba.
Christian Mosquera’s lack of experience also contributed greatly in the signing of Ezri Konsa. Arsenal needed an experienced player to replace William Saliba because the other opponent teams had seen that William Saliba was a major pillar and therefore if Christian Mosquera was going to be the replacement, then they knew where they were going to attack from.
Ezri Konsa on the other hand is an experienced Premier League player and he really assisted Aston Villa in helping them to win the Europa League and also qualify for the Champions League. Aside from that, Ezri Konsa is also an established first team player in Thomas Tuchel’s England squad.
Ezri Konsa has so far proven that he is worth each and every penny that was spent on him. Those who said that Aston Villa robbed Arsenal, now have nowhere to put their heads because Ezri Konsa has really settled well at the Emirates stadium.
It is now upon Mikel Arteta to decide who he will play now that William Saliba is back and Ezri Konsa is also on a very good move.