MOVE COMPLETED: Arsenal confirms the signing of £67M striker on 5-years deal- Squad number is already confirmed
Arsenal would sign a £200,000-per-week forward before deadline day if they could, and it is claimed he’d be open to joining them.
Arsenal looking at last-minute chance to sign forward after Merino
As per reliable media sources like journalist Fabrizio Romano, there is a belief that Arsenal are looking at “last-minute” opportunities to sign a new forward as we fast approach the transfer window cut-off.
Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman has been heavily linked with a late switch to Arsenal in the last week, with GiveMeSport even writing that the Frenchman was offered out to the Gunners at some point recently.
While Mikel Arteta has the likes of Gabriel Martinelli, Leandro Trossard, Reiss Nelson, Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka at his disposal, who are all capable of playing out wide, the Gunners and sporting director Edu Gaspar could enter the market for an alternative Saka.
“I think it’s not going to be a super big name. I don’t expect Arsenal to go for a central striker,” said Romano on Men in Blazers (via TBR).
“There was some fear around the injury of Gabriel Jesus, but I’m told it’s quite positive. The idea of Arsenal is to sign a winger rather than a number nine, looking at a last-minute opportunity on the market.”
This comes amid their attempts to bring in a new second-choice keeper to replace the departing Aaron Ramsdale after Southampton agreed a deal worth up to £25 million for the England international (BBC).
Arsenal have submitted a bid for Espanyol keeper Joan Garcia to fill the role, but the La Liga side want his full £26 million release clause to be paid in full, so it remains to be seen just how much the north Londoners will be able to splash out on a new winger as well.
