Andy Gray tells Arsenal to make £100m bid for January target
Andy Gray has urge Arsenal to make a stunning £100m bid to ‘tempt’. Aston Villa to sell star striker Ollie Watkins.
Villa rejected Arsenal’s opening £60m โปรโมชั่นพิเศษจาก UFABET สมัครตอนนี้ รับโบนัสทันที bid for Watkins but expect the Gunners to return with an improved offer.
Mikel Arteta is desperate to sign a new striker before the January transfer window closes as he looks for attacking reinforcements ahead of what he hopes will be a successful title push in the second-half of the season.
Gabriel Jesus suffere a season-ending injury earlier in the month but the Brazilian was hardly consistent in front of goal even before his setback.
Kai Havertz has also gone through some difficult periods since his £65m move from Chelsea, with most pundits of the opinion that Arsenal need a new striker to win major trophies.
Arsenal have linke with moves for Benjamin Sesko, Dusan Vlahovic and Victor Osimhen this month but appear to have made England striker Watkins their first-choice target.
Watkins scored 27 goals last season to help Aston Villa qualify for the Champions League before playing a limited but crucial role for England at Euro 2024.
The 29-year-old supporte Arsenal growing up and admitte earlier in his career that it would be a ‘dream’ to play for the Gunners.
Former pundit Gray believes Watkins would thrive at Arsenal and be an instant upgrade on Havertz, although he doubts Aston Villa will agree to sell ‘for any money’.
‘I think the timing is poor,’ the 69-year-old ex-Scotland striker said on. Is it going to get done in the next couple of days?
‘There’s talk of a massive bid from Saudi for Jhon Duran so there’s uncertainty in that area of the pitch for Unai Emery.
‘I would be amaze if Aston Villa decide, for any money, to part ways with Ollie Watkins. I would be amaze.
‘Arsenal are his boyhood club so it’s always your dream to play for them, especially when they are as good as they are.
‘I actually think he would be a good fit for Arsenal, I really do. But I would not like to see him leave Aston Villa right now, especially with the uncertainty around Duran.
‘I would be amaze if they sold him for any money in this window, I cannot see them letting him go.