Tiago Tomas: Who is the Sporting Lisbon starlet Arsenal are eyeing up?
Transfer target Tiago Tomas: Who is the Sporting Lisbon starlet Arsenal are eyeing up? By Bradley West Mikel Arteta may have been busy in the January transfer window but, according to reports, he is already lining up his next target ahead of the summer. With a desire to cut a bloated squad and wage bill, Arsenal added in goalkeeper Mat Ryan and midfielder Martin Odegaard on loan last month but it was in the departures where Arteta’s greatest successes were seen. Mesut Ozil, Sead Kolasinac, Sokratis and Shkodran Mustafi all left the club for good, freeing up several spaces in the squad which Arsenal’s head coach may already be looking to fill. The first of which to head to the Emirates could be Sporting Lisbon wonderkid Tiago Tomas, who is believed to be close to a £20m move to England. The 18-year-old striker is a relative unknown on these shores, so just who is the starlet who may soon be joining the likes of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazet...