Creative central midfielders Arsenal should look to get:

(A THREAD)

Obvious targets:
- Houssem Aouar
- Philipe Coutinho
2) Hidden gems [central midfielders with more than 25 appearances (20 in Eredivisie) under the age of 26 in the league]:

- John McGinn

(ranks 3rd in assists, 4th in key passes, 4th in accurate long balls, 1st in successful dribbles p/game and in total, 2nd in a shots p/game)
- Fabian Ruiz

(most assists with 5; 3 from through balls, 2nd in key passes per game and in total, best pass accuracy rate with 90.92%, 2nd last in possession loss with him losing possession only once a game, and last in bad touches with 0.9 p/game)
Morgan Sanson

(9 G/A from CM this season, most from anyone in the age range and position in Ligue 1. In the last four Ligue 1 seasons, he has managed 110 appearances and 37 G/A - he would certainly add a creativity to an Arsenal side that ranked 16th in big chances created)
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(He also has more tackles per game than any Arsenal central midfielder, 2.2 p/game - next best is Dani Ceballos with 1.9. Has completed more dribbles per game than any of our own as well as shots per game with 1.4, next best was Ceballos & Guendouzi, both with 0.5)
Abdou Harroui

(tied in G/A with Donny van de Beek on 11, 7 assist and 4 goals for Harroui with DvdB on 5 assists and 6 goals. Harroui's goal contributions were responsible for 26.83% of their goals this season)
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(Ranked first in total and successful dribbles, with 4.4 and 2.4 p/game respectively, 2nd in shots per game with 1.9 and has a tackle success rate of 74.42% and was dribbled past the least with that happening only 1.1 times p/game)
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