Arsenal News: Arsenal’s striker problems seemed to be solved when they spent £45 million on Gabriel Jesus in the summer transfer window. The Brazilian has done a great job leading the line for the Gunners, who are currently at the top of the Premier League table thanks in large part to him.
Even so, Arsenal and Dusan Vlahovic have been linked to each other again. Calciomercato, an Italian news site, says that the Gunners are keeping an eye on the striker and might try to sign him in January.
But the difference between Jesus and Vlahovic’s holdup play over the weekend showed why the Gunners shouldn’t trade for the Serbian. His mistake made a big difference for his team, and Jesus led the line as the Gunners won 3-2.
Will Arsenal go for Dusan Vlahovic in the next transfer window?
Vlahovic’s team, Juventus, lost 2-0 to an AC Milan team that was on a roll. The Serbian striker was a big reason why the Old Lady gave up the second goal. He tried to keep the ball, but he made a bad pass. Brahim Diaz picked it up and went on a crazy run and scored a goal.
At the same time, Jesus was a key part of Arsenal’s big win against Liverpool. In the last 10 minutes of the game, he won the penalty that put the Gunners ahead.
The Italian news site Calciomercato says that Edu will try to make up for the fact that he didn’t sign a central midfielder and a forward in the summer by planning a £100 million double move for Juventus stars Vlahovic and Fabio Miretti. But Arteta has already told us why Vlahovic won’t be joining Arsenal.
What will be the situation like?
Mikel Arteta told Ian Wright in an interview in 2020 that he wouldn’t sign a player if he had to do too much convincing for them to join Arsenal. Since Vlahovic has been so reluctant to join Arsenal in the past, he is going against what Arteta said.
In January, there was a lot of talk about Vlahovic going to the Gunners. However, he ended up going to Juventus instead. Arteta seemed to take a shot at the Serbian international when he said, “We only want the best people and the best players at this club, and when we are in a hurry or under different pressures and the reasons are not the right ones to get a player on board, we decided not to do it.”
Jesus has brought Arsenal to a whole new level, which is why Arteta’s team is on top of the Premier League after nine games. The Brazilian is the best striker for the team, and the fact that they didn’t sign Vlahovic has turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as the last two domestic games showed.
