Arsenal news: Gunners send scout to watch Liverpool transfer target as Kai Havertz verdict made

Mikel Arteta is preparing his Arsenal broadside to look West Ham this play aft seeing his broadside bushed Sporting CP successful the Champions League, and volition anticipation to use immoderate Premier League pressure

Arsenal are flying precocious aft back-to-back wins implicit Sporting CP and Nottingham Forest

The Gunners volition adjacent instrumentality connected West Ham successful the Premier League and anticipation to enactment a dent into Liverpool's pb astatine the apical of the table. Mikel Arteta's men beryllium 9 points down the Reds successful 4th position, and conscionable 1 constituent down second-placed Manchester City.

Arsenal person the vantage of playing successful beforehand of their opponents who face disconnected against each different this weekend. Arteta volition anticipation to use immoderate unit with triumph astatine the London Stadium.

They may yet person to bash truthful without Gabriel Magalhaes, who was forced disconnected the tract owed to discomfort against Sporting. As we await an update connected the defender up of the weekend, Mirror Football takes a look astatine the latest quality surrounding the club.

Arsenal scouting

Arsenal person sent scouts to ticker Bundesliga prima Omar Marmoush successful caller weeks. The Egyptian ace has enjoyed a lightning commencement to the play for Frankfurt and already recorded 14 goals and 10 assists this season.

Understandably, Arsenal person not been unsocial successful showing immoderate interest. According to TBR Football, scouts from Newcastle, Manchester City and Chelsea person watched the ace, who has been linked to replacing Mo Salah astatine Liverpool.

Frankfurt’s sporting manager Timmo Hardung has not ruled retired the possibilty of a determination successful the summer.

“It is wide that players similar Omar person their ain marketplace worth successful the transportation market,” Hardung tells Win Win. “At the moment, we are not looking to merchantability him. We are precise blessed with him astatine our club.

“We volition spot what happens successful the summer. Who knows? He mightiness stay. There is decidedly a anticipation that helium volition enactment adjacent summer, [that] we volition not fto him go.

“He has a large personality, helium is an fantabulous footballer. There is nary crushed to fto spell of a subordinate similar him. It is amended for america to person him present with america and strive to execute thing big.”

Wright prediction

The Gunners whitethorn way Liverpool by 9 points successful the Premier League but Ian Wright has not been dismayed implicit Arsenal's accidental of tasting occurrence this season. The northbound London broadside person doubly finished arsenic runners-up successful the past 2 seasons with Manchester City claiming the rubric connected each occasion.

The instrumentality of Martin Odegaard has sparked the nine to commencement chasing down Liverpool believes the erstwhile Arsenal star. He believes the adversity Arsenal person suffered could assistance acceptable up their challenge.

"I’m not going to alteration my prediction," Wright said connected Wrighty’s House. "Not conscionable due to the fact that I privation it to hap truthful much, but I deliberation Arsenal needed this clip wherever they benignant of fell disconnected successful those results.

"Odegaard getting injured, and them having to truly knuckle down, get the results done, past he’s travel backmost and present look astatine them. Now, it’s conscionable chasing Liverpool, we’re chasing Liverpool."

Kai Havertz verdict

Arsenal whitethorn person been linked to signing the likes of Viktor Gyokeres and Alexander Isak successful a hunt for a striker but it was Kai Havertz who was capable to bash the occupation connected Wednesday evening. The German planetary scored successful the Gunners' 5-1 Champions League triumph against Sporting but posed the absorption defenders a tricky proposition.

Denmark midfielder Morten Hjulmand recovered himself becoming acquainted with Havertz successful Lisbon arsenic the Arsenal prima dropped heavy to airs problem. "I deliberation we gave excessively galore chances distant and they are precise efficient, truthful it was a pugnacious night. It was not bully enough," Hjulmand explained.

"When they enactment their striker much arsenic a fig 10 and arsenic sometimes similar a fig eight, they volition person much players successful midfield. And we could consciousness that connected the pitch, and it’s besides a bully opponent."

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