Arsenal transfer: Ferdinand urges Gunners to make shock move for ex-Real Madrid striker – 'Have that'

Rio Ferdinand has advised Collection to indicator former Real Madrid star Karim Benzema as a short-lived recover for their striking unhappiness, while Ally McCoist tipped the Gunners to furnish a added obvious deed.

After a penalty shootout loss to Manchester Joined in the FA Mug followed an additional loss in the first leg of their Carabao Mug semi-final versus Newcastle, frustrations have been hoisted over Mikel Arteta and also Collection, via their scarcity of striking format in the absence of Bukayo Saka coming under fussy scrutiny.

Priorities were gone away on Wednesday as they came from behind to win the North London derby and also earn a annoyingly feasible 3 times in their proposition to proceed to be in touching range of Liverpool at the optimal of the Premier League, but forward of the success McCoist and also Ferdinand were mentioning that they think Collection must indicator in January to preserve rate via Arne Slot’s side.

“They perfunctory a goalscorer, it’s paltry,” McCoist said on TNT Sporting vacancies.

“You sort at Havertz, the tad snippet snippet of the stick he’s bring is a tad snippet snippet vicious because he’s not an out-and also-out goalscorer.

“I think Havertz is one of those players that would rating as plenty of needs coming off the disclaimed, or as a No.10, as he would as a No.9.

“It’s not missile medical research, the odds that Collection are making, a proper out-and also-out, six-backyard box killer will understandably rating needs.

“I’d go and also receive Osimhen. He’s still been racking up needs in Türkiye, his kind is not what it was 18 months recommend via Napoli but I think he can receive there again.”

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But Ferdinand then came from disclaimed industry to say Collection must instead indicator Benzema – that presently plays for Saudi Pro League Al Ittihad – on finance for the 2nd fifty percent of the period.

Ferdinand said: “I’d go and also receive Benzema.

“I’d say offer me a six-month finance, have that.”

Collection have been attached via a host of strikers via Gabriel Jesus’ ACL injury infatuating their subconscious in the winter window.

A deed for Juventus’ Dusan Vlahovic is ‘not likely’ while long-term target Benjamin Sesko is in addition distrusted to be unavailable, via RB Leipzig unwilling to see him vacate in the core of the period.

Rendered frustrations if the injury to Jesus said signing a dynamic onward owned sent up his list of top priorities this month, Collection boss Arteta said forward of the win over Grants: “My reply doesn’t readjust

“My reply keeps the exceptionally same. We are actively glimpsing in the industry to boost the crew and also that has been because day one.

“We would be naive not to perform that because it is an avenue, always, to advance the crew and also boost the crew – and also specifically via the circumstances that we have. So of training course, we are glimpsing and also we are attempting – and also enable’s see what we are able to perform.

“Once you have to hire a player there are 3 parties and also you have to agree to that. And also we have our hindrances as nicely, prefer any miscellaneous other club.

“So, we can perform what we can perform and also we methodology our crew, and also we have our restraints to perform what we pine to perform – and also that’s it.

“The reality that I love, a edifice, our players doesn’t merciless that we cannot deem boosting and also not that we are unceasing.

“We with one voice pine the exceptionally same, utilization every avenue to boost the crew day-to-day and also, once the industry comes in, if we can perform that to furnish sure [we have] the unrivaled resources and also the unrivaled possible to compete in the manner that we pine.”