Arsenal are determined to land a striker earlier than subsequent week’s switch deadline and have seen a number of gives for Aston Villa star Ollie Watkins rejected.
The Gunners had a £60 million bid for Watkins rejected by Aston Villa who had been left pissed off with the timing of the provide, as they had been engaged in negotiations with Saudi Professional League membership Al-Nassr over the potential sale of Jhon Duran. They now look unlikely to land the England worldwide as Villa are near promoting Duran to Al-Nassr, and dropping a second striker could be catastrophic for Unai Emery.
With the Villans now reluctant to promote Watkins, Mikel Arteta have began exploring different targets within the closing days of the winter switch window. Arsenal are reportedly planning to push for both RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko or Juventus’ Dusan Vlahovic, as Arteta goals to bolster his squad’s attacking unit.
Arsenal shift focus to different targets after failed Ollie Watkins transfer
Arsenal have been in pursuit of attacking reinforcements within the winter window within the wake of accidents to Gabriel Jesus and Bukayo Saka. Arteta has already emphasised the necessity for extra attacking choices, citing an absence of objectives and depth to cowl totally different competitions.
Kai Havertz stays the membership’s high scorer within the Premier League with eight objectives regardless of not being a pure No.9. Whereas Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard have chipped in with essential objectives too, including an out-and-out striker to Arteta’s Arsenal might make an enormous distinction.
After Watkins’ failed pursuit, the North Londoners have lined up different targets in Dusan Vlahovic and Benjamin Sesko. Vlahovic has misplaced his beginning place to Randal Kolo Muani—new recruit from PSG on mortgage—however even earlier than the Frenchman’s arrival, Juventus had been open to bid goodbye to him. The Serbian worldwide doesn’t slot in Thiago Motta’s system and could possibly be allowed to depart Juventus earlier than the switch window slams shut.
As for Sesko, the younger striker has at all times been Arteta’s precedence goal. RB Leipzig’s elimination from the Champions League could but open the door for a possible exit, even when the Bundesliga facet should not eager to lowering the participant’s asking value.
It’s now or by no means for Arsenal as time is at present their enemy. A striker is an absolute necessity after dropping Jesus and Saka to long-term accidents. It will likely be intriguing to see if they will land one in all Vlahovic or Sesko, or make an audacious improved bid for Watkins in an try and lure him to the Emirates Stadium.
I’m Rohan Sengupta from one of many busiest cities in India, Mumbai. A Journalism graduate with a eager curiosity in sports activities, soccer is one thing I merely can’t reside with out and writing, discussing and analyzing the sport is what I do 24*7.
