Arsene Wenger is reportedly interested in signing Yann Karamoh from SM Caen so let’s take a look at who is he and what he could bring to the club.
According to reports coming from France, Arsene Wenger is taking a close look at another talented French youngster and will try to get the player this summer.
The 18-year-old forward, Yann Karamoh, is the hottest prospect at SM Caen and the youngster already features regularly in the first team squad. Last season he made a total of 35 appearances and got his name on the score sheet five times while also making four assists in the process.
Coming up, Karamoh’s style, strengths, weaknesses, how he’d fit at Arsenal, and his skills, assists and goals.
Style and strengths
The player a natural right-winger but is also adapted to play as a striker, second striker, and, if it’s really necessary, left wing. Adaptability and versatility that will surely appeal to Wenger.
Karamoh likes to dribble and cut inside when attacking while playing short passes as he does. He makes 1.5 dribbles per match and has a success rate of 40.65% when taking on an opponent.
On average, he shoots 1.71 times per-game and scores more than he assists. With 0.71 created chances and 0.6 key passes per-game, he isn’t the most creative player but he does try to look up for his teammates when in the final third.
Weaknesses
The player is still too young. He is a raw talent that needs to be moulded into a quality player.
His inexperience is obvious in every action and the player needs constant first team football in order to develop his skills and abilities. He won’t get that at Arsenal.
Karamoh also has problems when striking the ball and has missed plenty of chances. This is possibly his greatest weakness, as the player is more focused on attacking than anything else.
Karamoh at Arsenal
It is still too early to judge what kind of player Yann Karamoh will grow up to be.
The only thing certain is that he has plenty of talent and needs a coach and senior players to guide him.
He is also a reported transfer target for Monaco so Arsenal would need to place a bid of around £9m in order to start negotiations with Caen.
The youngster would be a signing for the future and if Arsene Wenger does sign the 18-year-old, he will likely be loaned out for at least a couple of seasons until he’s got enough experience to have a chance of playing for the first team.