Arsenal have now entered the race to signal a striker who has been in red-hot type this season, as their seek for a Julian Alvarez different continues.
Mikel Arteta was finally unable to make an announcement signing at centre-forward in the summertime switch window, with Alvarez remaining at Atletico Madrid, however strengthening in assault stays on the agenda, with Manchester Metropolis’s Erling Haaland now among the many targets.
Certainly, after Man Metropolis have been discovered responsible of the overwhelming majority of the intense fees for breaching the Premier League‘s monetary guidelines, the Gunners have entered competition to signal Haaland, and shock discussions are mentioned to have taken place together with his representatives.
After all, it’s troublesome to envisage the Norwegian transferring to the Emirates Stadium, given the rivalry that his developed together with his present membership lately, but when the chance arises, securing his signature could be a no brainer.
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Erling Haaland’s goalscoring statistics |
Premier League appearances |
Targets |
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2022-23 |
35 |
36 |
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2023-24 |
31 |
27 |
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2024-25 |
31 |
22 |
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2025-26 |
35 |
27 |
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2026-27 |
5 |
5 |
Furthermore, Paul Merson has questioned whether or not Arteta’s aspect are able to going all the best way within the Champions League with out making a significant addition at centre-forward, saying: “I am an enormous fan of Kai Havertz. He does plenty of work and he is what I name a great footballer. He works arduous and makes the precise choices. I simply suppose he isn’t going to attain 20 objectives in a season. To take them to the Premier League title, there is no doubt about it, he is a top-drawer participant.”
Nonetheless, Haaland is not the one striker within the north Londoners’ sights, with one other former Bundesliga star lately rising as a possible signing.
Arsenal enter competition to signal Igor Matanovic
In accordance with a report from Soccer Insider, Arsenal have now entered the race to signal SC Freiburg striker Igor Matanovic, who has additionally been attracting curiosity from Manchester United and Chelsea.
Nonetheless, the three Premier League sides will seemingly discover it very troublesome to get a deal carried out this January, as Freiburg have no real interest in sanctioning a winter sale, which suggests a deal could also be extra possible in the summertime switch window.
It’s no shock the Bundesliga outfit are decided to maintain maintain of the 23-year-old, on condition that he has made a flying begin to the marketing campaign, choosing up six objectives and two assists in seven matches throughout all competitions.
Valued at round £50m in line with prior experiences, he has been lauded for his “incredible bodily prowess” by scout Jacek Kulig. The six-foot-four titan was additionally one in every of Freiburg’s most essential gamers within the Bundesliga final season, averaging 0.63 objectives per 90, which was the very best quantity within the squad.
That mentioned, whereas the 15-cap Croatia worldwide has impressed domestically, he’s but to play a match within the Champions League, so it’s unclear whether or not he could be an appropriate signing to take Arsenal to the subsequent degree, and Haaland ought to evidently be their prime goal.
