Former Arsenal scout Tomasz Paciechny has revealed that the Gunners had the opportunity to sign Kvicha Kvaratskhelia in 2022 but passed on the opportunity. Kvaratskhelia
was a standout winger and played a key role in Paris Saint-Germain reaching the Champions League final. Arsenal
had actually been interested in the Georgian during his time at Rubin Kazan. Before moving to Dynamo Batumi and eventually signing for Napoli for just £11million last
winter. Kvaratskhelia had only signed for PSG in a deal worth an initial £70m and has since made 24 appearances for the club. Scoring four goals and providing six assists. Paciechny,
who was Arsenal’s Eastern European scout at the time. Says he used to follow Kvaratskhelia and Rubin Kazan team-mate Zurigo Davitashvili.
“At that time, the Georgian youth team came to Poland to play a competition “It was a qualifying tournament. My job was to watch players from other teams. But when I saw those two — Kvicha and Zurigo Davitashvili — we had a long discussion with other scouts about who was better.
Then I followed them in Russia, and I’ve been following their development for a long time,” Paciechny told สมัคร UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีสำหรับสมาชิกใหม่. However, Paciechny said he was not impressed with Kvaratskhelia’s performance when he played for Rubin Kazan against Dynamo Moscow, as he was booed by the fans and started to waver.
“He could not handle the situation at all. Every moment after that was a mistake, like he lost focus, the ball came off his foot. It was clear that he had lost all confidence,” Paciechny revealed. “
Eventually he got through it, but if it continues like that, it will be a problem. If the boos of a few thousand people in a stadium in Kazan can throw you off balance, it is not good. “
Everyone knows he will become a good player, but the question is how far he can go, will he reach the top level? Or just a high level, no one thinks he won’t succeed. But at that time, I had to report the truth. Tell him where the problems were, and analyze according to the duties of a scout.”
Finally, Arsenal decided not to pull in Kvaratskhelia and turned to buy Marquinhos, a winger from Sao Paulo instead.
But up until now, Marquinhos has not been able to make an impact with the team. Playing only 6 matches for the Gunners’ senior team and being loaned out to many clubs, most recently with Cruzeiro.