Arsenal's head of recruitment Sven Mislintat has been brutally slammed by German football
expert Raphael Honigstein for his pursuit of Sokratis Papastathopoulos.
Sokratis is expected to become Unai Emery's first signing since becoming Arsenal manager
some time this week.
Defence has become a major issue for the Gunners after Per Mertesacker retired and Laurent
Koscielny was struck by a serious injury.
And the 29-year-old looks to have secured a £16m move to the Emirates, thanks to transfer
chief Mislintat.
It will be the third Borussia Dortmund player to make the switch, the club which the German
scout used to work with.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang signed from Dortmund in January, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan also arriving,
via Manchester United.
But Honigstein does not believe the centre-back is the right acquisition for the north London
side.
"I don't think he's a player who is necessarily going to leave a huge void in
terms of the fans' affection," Honigstein told ESPN FC.
"They liked his attitude, he's a fighter, he's a warrior but not to great on the ball.
By and large, not the kind of player that gets you excited.
"Very tidy, very energetic, tough in a tackle, but I'm not sure he's necessarily going
to take the Arsenal defence to the next level.
"It's a little bit underwhelming if you think that Sven Mislintat, the former Dortmund
scout, was brought in to identify talent that everyone else has overlooked.
"Really, if you look at the signings so far, with the exception of Mavropanos who's
another Greek defender who is a little bit too young to start just yet, he's brought
in three former Dortmund players, two of them still at Dortmund when he bought them, Mkhitaryan
the third one.
"So a little bit underwhelming I think from an Arsenal perspective."
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