Arteta Hints At New Arsenal Striker Arrival After Jesus’ Injury

Arsenal Manager, Mikel Arteta, is keen to improve his squad, even as reveals that the club will be active in the January transfer window.

The Gunners spent around £120m on five players over the summer transfer window, with Gabriel Jesus, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Fabio Vieira brought to the Emirates Stadium on permanent deals. Matt Turner and Maquinhos also joined the club.

Now, Jesus is out injured and not expected back until after three months following his injury in match against Cameroon.

Arsenal have made an impressive start to the 2022-23 campaign and they currently sit atop the Premier League table after 14 matches, five points clear of reigning champions, Manchester City.

The 25-year-old striker underwent successful surgery last week and there are fears that he could be ruled out until March, which has prompted suggestions of Arsenal going back to the transfer market for replacement.

The 25-year-old have now been declared unavailable and a replacement is required.

Speaking to reporters after Arsenal’s friendly win over AC Milan in the Dubai Super Cup, Arteta said: “We are looking and we are very active looking at the possibilities. If we can find the players that can strengthen the team we will try.”

Asked whether any players at the World Cup caught his eye, the Spaniard added: “There are a few for sure, and a few national teams, what some of the national teams are doing is very interesting and it shows where the game is and how the game is evolving. Any individual player I will keep it to myself.”

Arsenal have been linked with a plethora of attacking players across Europe, but it is thought that striker Shakhtar Donetsk star Mykhaylo Mudryk is their primary target heading into the new year.

The team will return to Premier League action with a home encounter against West Ham United on Boxing Day before concluding 2022 with a trip to Brighton & Hove Albion on New Year’s Eve.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.