Arsenal has been pursuing a new striker throughout much of this transfer window, with Mikel Arteta keen to further strengthen his squad.
Many believe that their attack needs bolstering, and several names have been linked with a move to the Emirates this summer.
Arsenal has shown interest in players like Ivan Toney, Benjamin Sesko, Victor Osimhen, and Viktor Gyokeres, among other stars in recent months.
These players are considered world-class strikers who could significantly boost Arsenal’s goal tally, even though they are already one of the highest-scoring teams in Europe.
As the transfer window enters its final weeks, Osimhen and Gyokeres are still available if Arsenal decides to make a serious bid.
However, a report from Football Insider suggests that the Gunners may not be able to afford either player, as they lack the financial resources to make the move happen.
The report also mentions that Arsenal might sell Eddie Nketiah, but even then, they would still struggle to secure either of these forwards, who are expected to command transfer fees similar to that of Declan Rice.
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Leaving it late to sign a new striker could become a big problem for us and we should have sealed the deal for a new goalscorer weeks ago.
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According to Sky Arsenal are in talks with Real Sociedad for Meeino
Unfortunately all buying clubs seem to want to loan our players .
Obviously know we are a soft club at selling ,keeping players because they won’t pay the going rate won’t do us any good in the long term .
We sold ESR for good money ! Let’s see what happens till end of season
Others whilst on loan have to buy after a year so that’s good business to at least get wages off the book
Silly headline to say Arsenal are ‘broke’… considering their valuation. Working within PSR / FFP would be a better headline
We sold ESR for money, but we bought Raya (only on loan previously) and Calafiori in this window for money as well, didn’t we? That’s about £34m in, but £69m out (including add-ons here and there) according to the reports.
No, it’s not a question of being a “soft club at selling”. The “going rate”, as you put it, is what other clubs are prepared to pay.
There is no table of “going rates” for footballers. Every transfer is different because every player is different. Therefore, demand for every player is different. Some are more in demand, others less so.
If Arsenal value a player too highly who is not in demand, then they won’t sell him. It’s why, for example Arsenal can’t sell Eddie but Wolves sold Neto to Chelsea. Chelsea wanted him enough to pay the £54m fee.
the contrived Raya loan to buy scenario even at the time was acknowledged as due to Arsenal at spending limits, whether that be FFP/PSR allowable spend vs actual available cash
with Merino that will be £100m this window, because Raya deferred spend, the incoming money £40m or so
or, the answer could be that Edu/Arteta were never in for the big name big money striker that some fans are desperate for
i suspect a bit of both, either way adds up to no big name big money striker this window
Broke? Of course not!
“Is Arsenal broke”? Surely it should be “ARE Arsenal broke”?
I don’t think so. “Is Arsenal broke?” is correct, isn’t it?
I think it’s an Americanism (not being rude) and it annoys me intensely when I see wording such as “Arsenai is interested in such and such player etc , to me it should be “Arsenal are interested”. I’ll always say that Arsenal are my club not Arsenal is my club. Having said that perhaps it doesn’t matter as long as we agree that we are the Arsenal😊
Nooooo
We IS the Arsenal 😂
On topic. It’s this window that is finally bringing realities of PSR / FFP home, and it’s caught some out. Take Osimhen as example, given new contract on big pay and high release clause to ensure big money move in this window, where player wants off and club want the wages off too and new manager wants the transfer money and different striker, but not even the big Premiership clubs can finance a move for him. Not even Chelsea can omelette him in.
Shame we don’t have any ex Ajax. Man Utd would just pay us whatever we ask for. 😂
We certainly is, SueP 😉
Make you right GB.
They have known for some time that they required a quality striker it was not something that just happened. If Arsenal are serious about overtaking Man City and winning the Premiership Arsenal need an out and out striker. Edu said only last week that Arsenal Fans will not be disappointed this Transfer Window was he lying to us.
Can you buy goals in football? If we spend a lot of money on a forward, do they play ahead of Kai and Holy Gabi putting those expensive buys on the bench? And carrying that pressure etc, does it guarantee Arsenal do score more goals?
Our special record of four players scoring more than 7 for two seasons in a row, sounds rather like built in resilience to me, not reliant on any one player and fearful of their absence. Football is a team game. Man City dominated several seasons like this, with a false 9, before Erling.
All the media saying Arsenal must sign the expensive forward will be only too quick to get the words “flop” and “crisis” out.
They have spent so much on players they don’t really rate that highly. That explained the logic of trying to sell Ramsdale and trying to get an upgrade of Jesuis , so soon after buying them. Talk of the shit after hitting the fan. Our wastefulness has come back to hurt us, and to limit the waste, they are now constrained to spend.
I’ll concede, we are all looking to how Kai does this season. If he underwhelms, it looks an odd buy that took money from other possible buys. On the other hand, so many pundits raved about his contribution in the second half of last season. And if Kai goes well, it will help everyone around him, as that is what we have already seen.
By “goes well” it’s not just chipping in with goals to ease pressure off the team, but movement off the ball in both 9 and 8, and using his bulk in duels – competing in the 50/50s, and other hard and dirty work like pressing and harrowing, this builds the platform other team mates can perform fancy theatrics on.
Whatever the level of football, the team needs to build that platform first, in order to play on it and deserve the win from the performance. Challenge for the fist balls, challenge for the second balls. This is how we should see Kai’s contribution.
Thierry Henry, for example, you remember his goals – do you remember his contribution to an unbeaten season being lung busting chasing?