For Pablo Mari, 2019 was a year of spectacular sporting highs and lows. As recently as June, he was the man who missed the chance that cost Deportivo La Coruna promotion back to La Liga. By November, he was a champion of Brazil and South America, being feted by Flamengo fans as a key factor in the club's first league title in 30 years. But for Arsenal supporters, the fascination now is what could lie ahead for the Spanish defender in 2020. Mikel Arteta, who moved to Manchester City in the same summer as Mari in 2016, has made the player his first signing as head coach. Edu Gaspar, the club's Brazilian sporting director, appears to like what he has seen too. Such informed judges should be...
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