00:00Would Vinny Jr. to Arsenal be the biggest Premier League signing ever?
00:04Financially, yes. The fee for the Brazilian winger would almost certainly exceed £140 million.
00:10But what about in terms of profile, status?
00:13This is a world-class superstar, the best in the world in his position,
00:17arguably in his prime, coming from Real Madrid.
00:20What signings in Premier League history compare?
00:22Well, Man Utd will lay claim to a few.
00:25Pogba from Juventus in 2016 was a world record at the time
00:28for a player that every big club in the world wanted.
00:31Casemiro was also signed for Madrid,
00:33and Ronaldo's return in 2021 was a gargantuan move.
00:36Have Arsenal already had one?
00:38Mesut Ozil's move from Madrid to North London was of a similar stature
00:41to this potential Vinny move, a Madrid star playing at a world-class level.
00:44Haaland to Man City.
00:46Haaland now is a bigger star than Vinny is, probably,
00:49and everyone knew that he had the potential to be a GOAT-level striker when he joined City.
00:53But is Vinny now at a higher level of a higher status than Haaland was then?
00:58For me, only two can really compete.
01:01Shevchenko to Chelsea and Angel Di Maria to Man United.
01:05Yes, they both flopped quite dramatically,
01:07but these were World XI level players that moved from massive European clubs to the Premier League.
01:13Shevchenko won the Ballon d'Or two years earlier.
01:15Di Maria had just won man of the match in the UCL final in a Madrid derby.
01:20If Arsenal secure Vinny's signature, they'll be hoping for a better outcome than the aforementioned two.
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