“Special” Arsenal striker target with 14 G/A now rejects January transfer

Arsenal’s hopes of touchdown a brand new ahead this month have taken a blow after it emerged that one participant has already turned down their advances, and will not be shifting to north London to affix Mikel Arteta’s aspect in January, in response to a report.

Arsenal want attacking reinforcements

Arsenal’s want for brand spanking new faces in assault this month was thrown into stark actuality as two accidents in seven days left their front-line decimated.

Teenage sensation Ethan Nwaneri was substituted at half time with a muscle damage of their 1-1 Premier League draw with Brighton, earlier than Gabriel Jesus suffered a severe wanting knee damage eight days later, with initial reports suggesting that he could be sidelined for the remainder of the campaign.

“Massive fear. That is my feeling,” Mikel Arteta told the media afterwards. “He needed to come off on a stretcher with loads of ache. Touching his knee, it is not wanting good.”

The duo be part of Bukayo Saka on the sidelines on the Emirates Stadium, and go away Arteta with simply 4 choices to select from in assault, with a kind of being the infrequently-used loanee Raheem Sterling.

However with the January switch window open, there is a chance for Arsenal to strengthen their frontline supplied that they will discover the correct participant on the proper place, with the membership having been linked to the likes of Viktor Gyokeres, Marcus Rashford and Bryan Mbeumo to this point this month. Now although, they seem to have hit a lifeless finish of their pursuit of one other goal.

“Particular” striker turns down Arsenal transfer

That’s in response to a contemporary report from Spain, which factors to Wolves forward Matheus Cunha as the player in question. The Brazilian ahead has been in red-hot kind to this point this season, scoring 12 targets and grabbing an extra two assists regardless of his aspect struggling to maintain themselves out of the relegation zone for a lot of the marketing campaign.

He has are available for loads of reward in latest months too, with new Wolves boss Vitor Pereira labelling him a “special” player final month: “He’s a particular participant. He can do issues that may make the distinction in small particulars.”

And he was linked with a Molineux exit earlier within the switch window amid Arsenal interest, however that’s now mentioned to be a closed chapter.

Based on the report, “Cunha has no plans to depart Wolves on this January switch market” and he has rejected approaches from each Arsenal and Manchester United to stay within the Midlands.

Although “not anticipated to” transfer in January, a future transfer will not be dominated out for the Brazilian, who’s reportedly closing in on a new contract with the Old Gold, which may include a launch clause and is more likely to see him obtain a big elevate on his present £60,000 a week deal.

For Arsenal although, the information will come as a blow as they appear to search out instant reinforcements for Arteta’s frontline.