Arsenal are getting ever nearer to Man Metropolis’s stage, as was proven with a superb efficiency on the Etihad Stadium on the weekend.
Mikel Arteta’s males managed to stifle their hosts proper up till the final knockings of harm time, although Metropolis should additionally deserve credit score for a never-say-die perspective.
Provided that the Gunners have been all the way down to 10 males for the whole thing of the second half there’s an argument that they did the perfect within the circumstances, nonetheless, if that they had a formidable outlet up entrance, that might’ve prompted Pep Guardiola’s facet all kinds of issues.
For all of Kai Havertz’s wonderful ending and good associative play together with his team-mates, having a extra bullish entrance man, and one that may often discover the web, would certainly enhance Arsenal’s probabilities of seeing video games like Sunday’s out.
When on kind, Gabriel Jesus is usually amongst the objectives, however his harm document implies that the Brazilian can’t be relied upon.
Arsenal Dusan Vlahovic
Maybe that’s why the North Londoners have drawn up a shortlist of striker signings, with TeamTalk noting that Juventus’ Dusan Vlahovic is a possible possibility given his contract scenario.
In response to transfermarkt, the Serbian’s take care of Juve is because of end in the summertime of 2026, which means subsequent summer time could be the Italian large’s greatest probability of receiving a good charge for his companies.
Vlahovic already has two objectives in 5 appearances this season, and his profession complete of 115 objectives in 264 video games (transfermarkt) isn’t to be sniffed at.
Furthermore, he’ll nonetheless solely be 25 years of age by the beginning of the 2025/26 marketing campaign, making him a really engaging proposition on the proper value.
Viktor Gyokeres and Benjamin Sesko are different names believed to be on the record, although if funds stay an element, Vlahovic could possibly be the person for Arteta.
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