Though the Brazilian produced some memorable moments over the 2024\/25 campaign, consistency just wasn\u2019t there.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, the same can be said about the season prior, with fans noticing that Martinelli\u2019s progression has stalled<\/a>.<\/p>\n Martinelli has been linked with a shock exit this summer<\/a>, but there\u2019s been nothing to suggest that the 24-year-old will actually depart. <\/p>\n Whether the Brazil international leaves or not remains unclear, but what has been spoken about is Arsenal signing competition for him. <\/p>\n The Gunners have already signed Noni Madueke to do such, with other names being linked with a move to the Emirates. <\/p>\n Arsenal could sign Rodrygo for a reduced price of \u00a370m<\/a> this summer, and some think that the Real Madrid maestro would be a stark upgrade on Martinelli<\/a>. <\/p>\n Speaking on the ESPN FC Podcast<\/a>, pundit Steve Nicol was involved in a game of \u2018start, bench, sell\u2019, with the options being Rodrygo<\/a>, Martinelli and Luis Diaz.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWell, I\u2019m going to go Luis Diaz, Rodrygo and Martinelli,\u201d Nicol said. <\/p>\n The former Liverpool player then clarified that he would start Diaz, bench Rodrygo and sell Martinelli. <\/p>\n \u201cYeah, Rodrigo, for me, has done some good things, but I don\u2019t think he\u2019s consistently been at a certain level. <\/p>\n \u201cGabriel Martinelli\u2019s had one great season at Arsenal and then hasn\u2019t quite reached those heights again. <\/p>\n \u201cSo I think Luis Diaz has been way more consistent at a high level, which is why I put him first.\u201d<\/p>\n Even Arsenal fans wouldn\u2019t complain about Nicol\u2019s feedback, as even Martinelli\u2019s biggest followers couldn\u2019t deny the slip in standard the winger has suffered.\u00a0<\/p>\n The 2022\/23 season was a memorable one for Arsenal, who announced their status as challengers for the Premier League title. <\/p>\n It was also one to savour for Martinelli, who scored 15 Premier League goals, writing himself into history as the joint-highest scoring Brazilian in a single season. <\/p>\n SeasonAppearancesGoalsAssists2022\/23361562023\/2435642024\/253384Gabriel Martinelli in the Premier League since 2022\/23<\/p>\n Sadly, Arsenal fans are still yearning for that version of Martinelli, as the 24-year-old hasn\u2019t hit double figures in the Premier League since. <\/p>\n The hope that Martinelli didn\u2019t peak in 2022\/23 is slowly drifting away, as Arteta\u2019s left-winger can\u2019t seem to prove that he\u2019s on his way back towards such heights. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal winger Gabriel Martinelli has a very uncertain future at the Emirates if he does not improve. Martinelli…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,6226,16986,85],"class_list":["post-36388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-gabriel-martinelli","tag-rodrygo","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Cameroon](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1446446617-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Sebastian Frej\/MB Media\/Getty ImagesSteve Nicol puts Rodrygo and Luis Diaz ahead of Gabriel Martinelli<\/p>\n![\"Arsenal](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2181311832-1024x686.jpg\")
Photo by Visionhaus\/Getty ImagesMartinelli hasn\u2019t been the same since 2022\/23<\/p>\n