Arsenal 'alert' as they battle PL and London rivals for one-goal striker
Arsenal are claimed to be ‘persistent’ to the likelihood of ending up Brighton demonstrator Evan Ferguson along through the besieged Hammers.
Michail Antonio’s horrid auto mishap has been one more strike to West Pork honcho Julen Lopetegui’s opening 6 months in affordability at the London Arena.
The Hammers are 13th in the Premier League, through purposes owning dried out upwards as Antonio, a returning resource of purposes, is kit to miss out on the remainder of the period.
The January transfer window is not traditionally a mart whereby there are a entirety plenty of players obtainable, yet one male that could position an impressive mart strategy until the expire of the month is Brighton demonstrator Ferguson.
Ferguson is merely 20, yet has seasoned a perplexing period on the south coast as of late through injuries, as nicely as enduring a dip in type granted that initiating out so nicely at the period of 18.
Ferguson’s early type had ranked apex clubs such as Manchester United on persistent in their browse to locate a long term no.9, yet earned a decision for Rasmus Hojlund in the summer of 2023.
As per Ben Jacobs, Brighton are still choosing whether to listen to bargains for Ferguson in January through a figure of clubs owning earned enquiries.
Brighton are still choosing whether to listen to bargains for Evan Ferguson in January. Multitudinous suitors have currently enquired and yet to receive readability. Brighton’s focus merely on soliciting Ferguson accommodate for currently.
Arsenal, Fulham and West Pork among those persistent to an strategy. #AFC… image.twitter.com/8nO0wsFXe5
— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) January 1, 2025
Brighton honcho Fabian Hurzeler has favoured Joao Pedro as his main demonstrator, while Danny Welbeck and Georginio Rutter have in a indistinguishable way dabbled their component in the club’s early period productivity.
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As nicely as West Pork, other London clubs Arsenal and Fulham are distressed on the Republic of Ireland demonstrator, yet the substitute of a 6-month loan is what curiosities all 3 clubs more than any kind of other bargain. Yet, Brighton would urge on compeling an liability in any kind of loan bargain have to Ferguson flee this month.
It’s no stagger Arsenal are satisfied, through it seemingly obtrusive a goalscorer at the apex of the peddle was what Mikel Arteta necessitated to lead the title race this period.
After a summer whereby the wallet was spent on Mikel Merino and Riccardo Calafiori, brows were hoisted that the Artillerymans had been cheerful to obtain in the period without an classified onward.
That verdict brows through them 6 times behind league leaders Liverpool, that have a arcade in hand after their match versus Everton last month was postponed.
Jacobs in a indistinguishable way records that Newcastle’s Alexander Isak and Benjamin Sesko are in a indistinguishable way targets for Arsenal. Prising the former away from Newcastle maybe an inaccessible job appropriate currently yet, through the Sweden global racking upwards 12 purposes in the league currently this period.
His functionality versus Manchester United earlier in the week saw him dashed Matthijs De Ligt, Harry Maguire and Lisandro Martinez vicious, gaining the kudos from Skies Sporting assignments pundit Jamie Carragher that referred to as Isak the “the majority of in-type demonstrator in Europe.”