arsenal london has loaned left-back Nuno Tavares to france ligue 1 club olympique marseille. the 22-year-old portuguese made a move to the gunners from benfica summer and made 22 premier league games last season.
Interesting to see Arsenal getting rid of him this quickly. I do not know if this deal is attached with "purchase by the end of the loan" type of deal, but I am guessing that if they liked what they saw with him, then they wouldn't really be doing this, meaning they didn't find him enough. Sure this could be a 22 year old kid finally getting some decent minutes and if he shows himself then he could find more minutes in Arsenal as well, nobody says it's impossible.
But, let's be honest, it's more likely that they won't do that and it would be very tough for them to do something like this. This is why I am not shocked about the current situation, would probably be him leaving for good in the long run.
Having said that, his performance in the last season was acceptable but nothing to shout about. He had 22 appearances, scored one goal, and one assist, and also has two yellow cards against his name. I know that the scorecard does not show the work that he put in. Despite this, I think he has done a decent job for a 22-year-old. I think this loan decision can be quite helpful for him because he is able to come back as a more mature player. He will be able to play better once he comes back to Arsenal again.
I am quite sure that he would miss a lot of matches if he did not agree to this move. But obviously, opinions may differ. I also think that he had made a few mistakes in the last season which led to Arsenal conceding goals. And Arsenal also did not want to take any kind of chance like that again.
I think Arsenal took the right step by loaning Nuno Tavares to Marseille. Because with the arrival of Oleksandr Zinchenko, Tavares will find it
difficult to get playing time if he stays at Arsenal. Although Tavares only played one season at Arsenal, but Tavares has proven he is
a talented player. As evidence, Tavares has often given by Arteta the opportunity to appear in the previous season. After all Marseille only
borrowed Tavares without a permanent purchase option, meaning Tavares will return to Arsenal after his loan period expires. Hopefully with
Marseille Tavares can develop better, so when he returns to Arsenal Tavares can become a mature player. Moreover, Tavares is still 22 years old,
meaning that Nuno Tavares needs a lot of playing time to develop his game. And a lot of playing time can not be obtained by Tavares at Arsenal
next season, then for the advancement of his career Tavares had to move to Marseille.