Leandro Trossard: How the Belgian Has Slotted Seamlessly Into the Team Leading the Chase at the Summit of the Premier League

Many believe that January is a difficult time for a football to bring in significant quality due to the nature of contracts and transfer value, but Arsenal managed to pull off a truly brilliant deal with the £27m signing of Leandro Trossard from Brighton and Hove Albion. 

The Belgian has slotted seamlessly into the group and has already recorded a goal and six assists since arriving at Colney just two months ago. His ability to operate across the front line with effect and show little sign of discomfort offers Mikel Arteta an alternative to shoehorning players such as Gabriel Martinelli, Eddie Nketiah and Bukayo Saka into the first eleven every week. 

Trossard was sublime in the stellar 3-0 win at Fulham - recording three assists in a scintillating first-half display from the Gunners. He frequently dropped deep to receive the ball with his back to goal and provided Arsenal with an alternative to attempting to play around Fulham’s sleeping defence. A very impressive performance from Arsenal’s best player on the day, which is admirable considering how the likes of Thomas Partey and William Saliba performed. 

There seemed to be some uncomfortable rumblings coming out of the south coast before Arsenal put in an offer for Trossard in January. The Belgian seemingly had a major disagreement with head coach Roberto Di Zerbi and was left out of the match-day squad on numerous occasions before his inevitable departure.