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Arsenal have been linked with an unlikely move for Kylian Mbappe, but this is not the first time they have tried to sign a world superstar. Mbappe is one of the best players in the world, and a World Cup superstar, and Mikel Arteta has recently claimed that Arsenal should be in the conversation when signing players of his calibre. The club has signed some superstars over the years including Dennis Bergkamp, but their biggest coup of all could have come in 1982 when they nearly signed Diego Maradona. Maradona had not yet become the legend of the game he developed into, but was still a high-prof…