Merson picks out £64.8m-rated Premier League duo who can ‘transform Arsenal next season’

Paul Merson has picked out two Premier League midfielders who are capable of ‘transforming’ Arsenal next season under their manager Mikel Arteta.

The players in question are Ruben Neves and James Ward-Prowse. Wolves are expecting Neves to leave this summer amid interest from the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United. 

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The Portugal international is valued at £36m by transfermarkt, while Ward-Prowse has a value of £28.8m (£64.8m combined). Both players have been in great form this season in their own right.

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The Gunners have fared well this term as they currently sit fourth in the Premier League.

They are two points clear of their arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur. Despite this, Merson has argued that Arsenal are in need of a deep-lying “genuine playmaker”:

“Mikel Arteta needs a player in the same mould he was to transform Arsenal next season,” Merson wrote for The Daily Star.

“I think they still need a midfield player who can sit in front of the back four and pick a pass. Arteta did that beautifully. But they don’t have anyone like that any more. Granit Xhaka and Thomas Partey don’t have those kind of skills; someone who’s going to get on