Two English Premier League begins. Nine appearances as a substitute. One class objective. Not a first season in England that Lucas Perez sought after. Arsenal’s out-of-support striker, supposedly miserable at his absence of playing time, has been connected with a move back to his nation of origin Spain.
Chief Arsene Wenger, who spent more than 17 million pounds to sign Perez from Deportivo La Coruna in August, has sensitivity.
“He’s a top quality striker but I couldn’t give him the games he wants and deserves, I confess that. I feel sorry for him on that front,” Wenger said on Tuesday.
Perez scored a hat trick in December in the 4-1 Champions League bunch arrange win at Basel, yet highlights like that are few. His one Premier League objective came in January against Bournemouth.
Regardless of constraining Perez’s chances, Wenger might want him to stay at Emirates Stadium.
“I would love to keep him. We have to sit down together and see if he has a reasonable chance to play or not next season,” he said.
Regardless of whether next season incorporates Champions League football for Arsenal stays far fetched, despite the fact that Wenger has not surrendered trust.
His group plays away at Southampton on Wednesday requiring a win to remain in dispute for a best four wrap up.
6th put Arsenal, which has three matches left, is six focuses behind fourth-put Manchester City, which has two to play.
“In the past five games, we’ve won four, so overall we’ve had a bad spell but we’ve recovered from it. We have to show now that we can be consistent until the end of the season,” Wenger added.
Arsenal defeated damage exhausted Manchester United on Sunday and Wenger trusts that energy can proceed.
“We have to use the squad in a very efficient way because we play four games of high intensity in 10 days. It will be important that everybody in the squad contributes at the right moment.”
Perez, fit-again after thigh damage, may simply get another opportunity to excel.
