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Emmanuel Petit has urged his former club Arsenal to sign ‘devastating’ winger Nico Williams from La Liga side Athletic Bilbao this summer.
The 21-year-old Spain international has attracted plenty of Premier League interest with Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham in a race to land his signature.
Arsenal are keen to recruit a new out-and-out winger when the transfer window opens up to supplement Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli.
The Gunners have been linked to Wolves’ Pedro Neto but they are reluctant to pay his hefty price tag and may instead turn to Williams.
‘Would Nico Williams be a good fit at Arsenal? Absolutely,’ Petit told Betway. ‘He’s been one of the best young players in Spain this season.
‘He’s got five goals and ten assists already this season. He’s fast, powerful and always runs towards the goal and facing defenders with great skills and dribbling.
‘He can play on the right or left and every time I watch Athletic, they always give him the ball because he’s so good at facing two defenders.
‘He’d be a very good addition to any team as his skills are devastating. I love players who are always provoking defenders.
‘Can Arsenal both get both Williams and [Ivan] Toney? Arsenal are a young team and if you asked me I’d have both.
‘But if I made a choice I think as striker would be better so Toney, although it would be good to have competition for Martinelli and Saka.’
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