Arsenal consider late loan offer for West Ham’s top transfer target

Arsenal are ‘contemplating’ a precocious indebtedness connection for West Ham’s apical transportation targets, according to reports.

The Gunners are yet to marque immoderate signings during the January transportation model but volition look to bolster Mikel Arteta’s squad earlier the February 3 deadline if an accidental presents itself.

Arsenal person been linked with a fig of forwards pursuing a mixed play successful beforehand of extremity and the serious wounded Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus suffered earlier successful the month.

Jesus’ lack is simply a further stroke to a squad who person struggled successful the last 3rd astatine times this play and person been accused of being toothless successful beforehand of goal.

Kai Havertz is Arsenal’s apical goalscorer this play with 8 league goals but adjacent the German has attracted disapproval for his returns implicit the past 18 months.

The likes of Dusan Vlahovic, Benjamin Sesko and Victor Osimhen person been linked with the northbound London nine successful January but Arsenal are looking person to location for attacking reinforcements.

Brighton striker Evan Ferguson is simply a fig of involvement for Arsenal, who volition see approaching the southbound seashore broadside with a indebtedness connection earlier the transportation deadline, according to talkSPORT.

Ferguson was erstwhile viewed arsenic 1 of the astir highly-rated forwards successful the Premier League but helium has stagnated this season, scoring conscionable 1 extremity successful 12 league games.

The 20-year-old has had to judge a much constricted relation nether caller brag Fabian Hurzeler and Brighton are open to loaning him out, hoping it volition payment his development.

Arsenal are acold from the lone nine funny successful signing Ferguson, with caller West Ham manager Graham Potter looking to reunite with a subordinate helium worked with astatine Brighton.

West Ham’s problems astatine the apical of the transportation person been good documented and Potter has reportedly made Ferguson his No. 1 striker people arsenic helium looks to instrumentality the Hammers forward.

Everton and Bournemouth person besides registered involvement successful Ferguson, whose worth has slashed since helium was valued astatine much than £70m this clip past year.

Arsenal are looking for attacking reinforcements arsenic they look to reel successful runaway leaders Liverpool and clinch their archetypal Premier League rubric since 2004.

The Gunners recovered from a arguable reddish paper to bushed Wolves 1-0 astatine the weekend, though Liverpool thumping Ipswich Town 4-1 means the spread astatine the apical of the array remains astatine six points.

Discussing Arsenal’s transportation strategy past week, Arteta revealed helium has been consulting his players connected imaginable targets.

‘We person very, precise abbreviated numbers for many, galore weeks, and they recognise the situation, we each do,’ helium said.

‘That’s wherefore we are trying to bash what is close for the club, the team; that’s our intention.

‘I ever bash it, particularly if they cognize them, due to the fact that that’s getting america distant from the machine and what the information is saying, and it is real.’

As good arsenic making adjacent to 100 Premier League appearances, Ferguson has earned 18 caps for Republic of Ireland, scoring 4 planetary goals.

Explaining wherefore helium is consenting to indebtedness retired Ferguson this month, Brighton brag Hurzeler precocious said: ‘The mode of Brighton and Hove Albion is to get young players in, effort to amended them.

‘Of course, we spot his potential, but it is besides important that helium gets capable crippled clip to make and to improve.

‘Therefore, it’s ever a determination we marque together. So, We privation to perceive his opinion, his thoughts. We privation to perceive besides his needs, his wishes and past it is besides the club’s side.

‘Evan is not acceptable yet, truthful we inactive person immoderate days until the model is closed and until past we person to fig retired what the concern astatine the infinitesimal is.

‘What bash we request for the remainder of the play and past besides what does the players privation and past it’s astir making the determination together.’

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