Transfer Profile: Marco Asensio
By Oli Dickson Jefford Very few players have achieved as much as Marco Asensio in recent seasons. He has won some of the world’s biggest trophies but the Spain star is reportedly set to leave Real Madrid this summer - and Arsenal are one of the clubs apparently keen on his signature. We take a look at his career, whether the winger would be a good fit at the Emirates, and if a move to North London this summer is possible. Career to date Asensio made his professional debut aged 17 in 2013, playing for both Mallorca and Mallorca B sides in the 2013/14 season, having grown up on the island and moving to their academy aged 10. He was then signed by Real Madrid in December 2014, though spent the remainder of that campaign on loan in Mallorca and was then loaned out to Espanyol the following year. It wasn’t until the 2016/17 campaign that he began to start for Madrid, and since then he has been a first-team regular barring injury. He has won La Liga twice and has also picked up two Champions...