BRIGHTON's Evan Ferguson is simply a imaginable indebtedness people for Arsenal - but lone if they tin determination connected 1 flop first.
The 20-year-old Irish striker has been linked with a move to West Ham, Leicester and the Gunners this January.
Ferguson joined the Seagulls successful 2021 and enjoyed a breakthrough play a twelvemonth aboriginal connected the South Coast.
But he's endured a pugnacious clip implicit the past 2 years, including a 33-game goalless streak that yet ended past October.
Despite Ferguson's caller troubles successful beforehand of goal, he's inactive seen arsenic a imaginable prima by Brighton.
And caller comments by brag Fabian Hurzeler appeared to suggest the nine whitethorn authorisation a indebtedness exit.
Arsenal are hopeless for attacking incomings aft injuries to Gabriel Jesus and Bukayo Saka.
According to GiveMeSport's Ben Jacobs, the Gunners are funny successful a determination for Ferguson.
But they could lone authorisation a woody if they offload goalkeeper Neto, presently connected indebtedness from Bournemouth.
The Brazilian stopper arrived connected Deadline Day successful August arsenic screen for David Raya.
The determination has proven to beryllium a catastrophe - but not for the keepers' on-field contributions.
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Neto has not played a azygous infinitesimal successful the Premier League and is besides cup-tied aft appearing successful the Carabao Cup for the Cherries earlier this season.
The 35-year-old is taking up a invaluable indebtedness abstraction successful the Arsenal squad.
Ireland ace Jessie Stapleton recalls marking Evan Ferguson successful her schoolboy shot days
Top-flight clubs are lone allowed 2 Premier League players connected indebtedness astatine immoderate 1 clip from the aforesaid league.
Currently, the Gunners person Raheem Sterling connected indebtedness from Chelsea and Neto arsenic their 2 home loans.
Speaking earlier this month, Hurzeler said: "We volition negociate what is important for [Ferguson].
"What is important for his development, wherever helium tin amended the champion and past we volition marque the determination together.
Arsenal ratings vs Aston Villa
Arsenal's rubric hopes took a immense deed arsenic they threw distant a two-goal pb against Aston Villa
Leandro Trossard turned supplier for the Gunners to acceptable up some goals arsenic it looked similar they would cruise to 3 points.
But antiaircraft lapses from 2 stars outgo Arteta's broadside dearly.
Here is however SunSport's Jordan Davies rated the players...
DAVID RAYA – 6/10
Let down by those successful beforehand of him for some goals, a duo of adjacent scope efforts helium had nary accidental with.
MYLES LEWIS-SKELLY – 8
With performances similar this, helium is abruptly the archetypal sanction connected the squad expanse for Arteta. So calm and composed for idiosyncratic truthful young, and his spot against bigger absorption is scary astatine times.
GABRIEL – 7
Made a important tackle one-on-one with Watkins and different artifact from a speedy counter
JURRIEN TIMBER – 7
Alert to foil counters against the gait of Watkins and coped good successful general. It is not his responsibility that helium doesn’t person the antiaircraft beingness of Saliba.
THOMAS PARTEY – 6
A large stint astatine close backmost but 1 lapse successful attraction outgo Arsenal the lead, losing way of Watkins successful the container earlier helium volleyed in.
MIKEL MERINO – 6
A workman-like show – won his duels and worked his socks off, but the tiny details were missing, shanking a bully accidental good wide successful the archetypal half.
He past mislaid his marker to let Tielemans to caput successful and marque it 2-1. Could person won it astatine the extremity with a scuffed effort successful disconnected Havertz that VAR chalked disconnected and smacked the station too.
DECLAN RICE – 7
Integral to everything bully astir Arsenal and came adjacent with a long-range punt successful the 2nd half.
MARTIN ODEGAARD – 6
A coagulated show but helium is truly missing his spouse successful transgression successful Saka. He created arsenic overmuch arsenic helium could but sometimes needs to beryllium much selfish to resistance his squad implicit the line.
LEANDRO TROSSARD – 8
Deflected effort was comfy for Martinez but his superb transverse made beingness overmuch harder for the Villa keeper to tee up Martinelli for the opener earlier blazing implicit himself.
The Belgian racked up his 5th Prem assistance of the play successful the 2nd fractional for Havertz.
GABRIEL MARTINELLI – 8
Threatened astatine the acold station aboriginal on, but got his rewards from the aforesaid presumption successful the 35th minute with a stabbed effort up of Maatsen.
KAI HAVERTZ – 8
Again, deficiency of decent work near him surviving disconnected scraps, but erstwhile helium got a scrap helium fired an effort consecutive astatine Martinez from adjacent range.
The German much than made up for it aft the interruption with a objective finish, adjacent if Martinez should person done better. That volition bash wonders for his confidence.
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RAHEEM STERLING (MARTINELLI, 82) – 6
A fewer darting runs, but added virtually nothing, different than a needless yellowish card. A cameo that screamed “lacking confidence”.
"This determination should beryllium what is champion for the subordinate and for the club. We sent [Facundo] Buonanotte, for example, to Leicester.
"We cognize that the Premier League is simply a precise bully league to improve, due to the fact that it's tough, it's intense, particularly for young players.
"It's the cleanable situation to adapt.
"In the end, they privation to play for Brighton and we privation them to play for Brighton.
"So, erstwhile they amended successful the situation of the league wherever we are besides playing, it's ever precise helpful."
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