“I just need to pick up a pen and sign,” Gabriel Martinelli came to admit some time ago at a press conference when asked about renewing his contract. Well, finally, Arsenal provided him with said pen and the Brazilian signed, neither more nor less, until 2027. “Gabriel Martinelli has signed a new contract with the club, committing his long-term future with us. The 21-year-old, who is in his fourth season in north London, has already made 111 first-team appearances in all competitions during his Arsenal career.” This is how the set announced Gunner the extension of the player’s contract for four and a half more seasons. The relationship of the left winger with the London team expired next June 2024so its extension had become one of the priorities of the Emirates Stadium team in recent months.
Since the arrival of Mikel Arteta to the Arsenal bench, the Spanish coach placed a lot of confidence in the Brazilian. Gabriel Martinelli landed in London in 2019, coming from Ituano, at just 18 years old, and in a matter of four seasons with the Londoners, he has become one of the pillars in Arsenal’s attack. After a 2020/2021 season in which he went more unnoticed, playing just nine games as a starter, the growth and performance of the ‘Tasmanian Devil’ with Arsenal has been exponential between past and present seasons. To the six goals and five assists that he signed during the 36 games of 2021/2022 are now added the 10 goals generated so far in 2022/2023: seven goals and three assists. The team’s fourth top scorer behind Eddie Nketiah (9), Bukayo Saka and Martin Ødegaard (both with 8). And it is precisely with the English winger and the Norwegian footballer with whom he has formed a dream trident in the Arsenal midfielder.
Present and future of Arsenal
Despite the performance he has already offered in the Arsenal shirt, Gabriel Martinelli, at 21, is still a footballer with significant room for improvement. “He is a player with enormous potential who has many things to improve, but who is already performing at a really high level”, affirmed Mikel Arteta after the renewal of the Brazilian. According to Artificial Intelligence (AI) of Olocip, Gabriel Martinelli has the best value-added records in finishing and headed goals for Arsenal, as well as in driving. But is that, In relation to the rest of the footballers in the Premier League, he is the 7th player with the most added value in offensive duels and successful passes.. In other words, a footballer who is making a difference at the Emirates Stadium despite his young age and is beginning to show his head among the most outstanding players in the championship. With a market value close to 38 million eurosaccording to the rate OlocipGabriel Martinelli’s meteoric career has only just begun.
