Simply earlier than the Premier League got here to a halt in November, Mikel Arteta was requested concerning the type of summer time signing Fabio Vieira.
After a shiny begin to life at Arsenal, the £30 million addition from Porto had suffered a dip in performances, with some starting to query whether or not he was able to make an influence in north London.
However Arteta was fast to defend the playmaker and pointed in direction of the coaching camp in Dubai as being an important second for the 22-year-old.
“He missed a giant half as a result of he was injured and didn’t have any pre-season,” the Arsenal boss stated. ”I feel that interval within the World Cup goes to make him superb.”
Vieira was on worldwide obligation with Portugal Underneath-21s not too long ago, so arrived again at London a bit later than everybody else, however he did fly out to Dubai with the squad on Sunday and is coaching as regular.
And there’s no doubt he’ll look to make use of this time away to make an actual influence and present that he has a giant half to play in the course of the second half of the season.
A scarcity of pre-season in the summertime did go away him at a significant drawback, so this coaching camp could possibly be massively useful to a younger participant who remains to be seeking to actually discover his approach at his new membership.
Arteta might use him out extensive in each Dubai Tremendous Cup video games, or he might use him within the Granit Xhaka-role alongside Martin Odegaard within the midfield.
Regardless of the supervisor opts for, Vieira may have two massive alternatives to impress over the course of the following week.