Spending up to £ 52 million for a player eliminated from the long -term development plan of Chelsea during the Enzo Maresca dynasty, probably BLD Arsenal confused. It is the common feeling of the gooners in recent days. An unprecedented deal at Arsenal when the rookie has not yet put on the shoes into the field but was criticized.
There are 3 reasons to explain why Arsenal deals recruited Noni Madueke were fiercely opposed by Gooners.
The first, Most of them think that the £ 52 million that Arsenal has to pay for Chelsea is too expensive, especially after what Madueke shows last season. Doing a comparison, with the amount collected from the sale of Madueke, Chelsea only deficished 3 million pounds compared to the investment 1 month ago for Joao Pedro (£ 55 million). It is a similar replacement in age but outperforms the contribution in the goal.
Specifically, Pedro “pocketed” 19 goals and 9 assists after the last 2 seasons in the Premier League, while with Madueke this number only stopped at 12 goals and 5 assists. Recently, the Brazilian striker has integrated very quickly in the new shirt when he scored three goals after 2 semi -finals and finals to help Chelsea win the FIFA Club World Cup – the tournament that Madueke also participated but did not leave any special mark after 5 appearances. It is clear that Arsenal is willing to spend a large amount of money for a player who is showing signs of slowing down in terms of performance, most likely only playing a substitute at the new club is unreasonable.
Monday, The competition position of Madueke at Arsenal is not too urgent as some other important positions need to supplement personnel. Bukayo Saka will definitely be a key factor on the right wing corridor, while Ethan Nwaneri can fully take on a strategic reserve role, accepting the mature Sao Mai from Hale End always want to develop more under the role of a number 8 in the squad.
The time when Saka had to sit out for more than 3 months because of the waistal injury, Nwaneri has shut up the opportunity and have positive performances since the beginning of 2025. In particular, the long shot to the Manchester City net in the 5-1 victory in the Premier League. Whether or not to not, the appearance of Madueke still brings a sense of redundancy in the right wing corridor, even if the 23 -year -old boy can play in the left wing corridor.
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Tuesday, Simply because Madueke from Chelsea – the team has provided Arsenal a lot of contracts in the past few years, but the quality is not commensurate with expectations. Except for the case of Kai Havertz has improved quite a lot since the time of docking the Emirates, David Luiz, Willian and Raheem Sterling are all decline without braking and were quickly judged as a failed contract. Even the stars who used to shade for a while like Petr Cech and Jorginho no longer maintained their form that made their names in the blue shirt since the time of switching to Arsenal. Once again, the prospect of Arsenal continues to “buy” the player from Chelsea appears and cause an uncomfortable feeling for fans of London red half.
Obviously, this is a tragic and unprecedented transfer of tragedy at Arsenal when the player has not yet put on his shoes into the field but has encountered a strong wave of protest from the home team fans. A petition called #notomadueke was posted on Change.org on July 9, attracting more than 4,000 signatures and opposition ideas in just a few days, showing a clear division of thought in the Gooners community.
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| Many Arsenal fans strongly opposed the team to recruit Madueke |
Two weeks ago, when the first information about Arsenal's concern for Madueke appeared, many people thought that it was just a rumor that was woven by British media. Or at least, with the work responsibility of the sports director, Andrea Berta needs more than a backup plan for the main goal (understood as the Rodrygo of Real Madrid). In other words, not many people believe that Madueke will be taken to the Emirates and do not believe this transfer is so quickly completed.
Tom Coley – a famous sports journalist in the UK, once questioned his question to show his confusion with this deal: “There are always many problems around the players' transfer from competitors from competitors directly to each other. Why does one over the other side want to sell that player? Accepting to spend up to 52 million pounds for a redundant?
Although this deal has a high transfer value, this is not a business that is completely dominated by finance. With all the existing information, Madueke's movement to Arsenal is the desired consequence of all three parties. This makes people reminiscent of the case of Kai Havertz 2 years ago. It was also a transfer that Arsenal was suspected but time proved that the German player deserves an investment of 65 million pounds from the Gunners, when scoring 22 goals and 10 assists after 51 appearances in the Premier League.
Back to Madueke, looking at statistics, we can see the British player had a certain progress under Maresca, though not too impressive. The former PSV Eindhoven's former star started the season with a hatrick against Wolves and ended the season with 7 goals and 3 assists after 33 appearances (2,049 minutes). Remember that in the previous season, Madueke was only used by Mauricio Pochettino in 23 matches (1,057 minutes) in the Premier League.
Until the Christmas and New Year 2025, coach Maresca still prioritized using Madueke more than Pedro Neto as the right wing striker. It was also the time when the British player was constantly imprinted whenever he was arranged. In 4 matches in the Premier League in early December 2024, Madueke contributed 1 goal and 3 assists to help Chelsea won against Aston Villa, Southampton, Tottenham and Brentford. At the end of January 2025, he continued to “shoot” against Wolves and Man City.
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| Last season, there was a good period of Madueke and won the trust from Maresca |
However, at the time when NHM Chelsea began to see the progress of the boy with the number 11, it was also the time when the black movement came to this player. Chelsea's 0-3 defeat against Brighton's 0-3 defeat in the 25th round caused Madueke to sit out for 2 months. And when he returned, Pedro Neto stole his official position in the squad. Although she did not want to, Madueke had to accept to switch to playing in the opposite corridor, the area where the actual task on the field also changed from the “detonator” to attack to the factor contributing more to the task of pulling the ball. Also from this stage, the role of Madueke gradually became faint in the blue shirt.
With a strategist who always requires very high from the players, Maresca once publicly “shaped” the student before the media: “Madueke needs to do better. As soon as he started scoring or creating and quickly felt satisfied, he started to decline a bit. Must be determined and ambitious. Madueke needs to have an ambition to become a better version every day.
Obviously, this is not the first time Madueke has been blamed for lack of determination. Many times in the last season, NHM Chelsea once criticized the British player “lazy to run” and retreated to support defense. Madueke's ability to take advantage of the opportunity to attack is also a big question mark. According to statistics from Understat, Madueke led Chelsea in the number of delicious opportunities missed. The Madueke's expected goal in the Premier League 2024/2025 is 11.86, which means that this player should have needed an additional 4-5 goals. With the hatrick in the opening match, Madueke actually only scored only 4 more goals in the next 32 matches. It was a very bad achievement. It was for that reason, Madueke was quickly removed from the plan with Maresca. With Jamie Gittens, Joao Pedro and Estevao were brought to Stamford Bridge, a 23 -year -old simply no place at Chelsea.
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| Madueke's ability to take advantage of opportunities is always questioned! |
But whether Mikel Arteta saw what special potential from a player existing too many problems to improve? And is Madueke overdiving when choosing to join Arsenal at the present time? Remember that the pressure to compete at Arsenal's position is even more harsh than Chelsea, where Saka or Martinelli are all placed very high in attack and defense. In the context that Reiss Nelson is no longer part of the plan and Leandro Trossard can leave if he receives an appropriate transfer offer, Arteta needs more choice in the wing corridor. However, the number also needs to go hand in hand with quality. Without improvement determination like the way Havertz has experienced, Madueke is likely to become the next “bomb” from Chelsea to Arsenal.