Arsenal's Gabriel Jesus replacement plan suffers blow as Chelsea look to hijack transfer

Gabriel Jesus' ACL wounded leaves Arsenal scrambling for attacking reinforcements during the January transportation model but Premier League rivals Chelsea could get successful the way

Chelsea are acceptable to rival Arsenal for Dusan Vlahovic successful a determination which could enactment a immense dent successful the Gunners' January plans, it has been claimed.

Arsenal's request for attacking reinforcements has grown much urgent successful caller weeks. After Bukayo Saka was ruled retired for a lengthy play pursuing hamstring surgery, the nine confirmed Gabriel Jesus is sidelined with an ACL injury.

That leaves Mikel Arteta's broadside bladed up front, and a renewed propulsion for Vlahovic has been suggested arsenic a solution. The Gunners attempted to motion the Serbian planetary from Fiorentina successful January 2022, but he opted for Juve instead.

The Turin broadside mightiness beryllium prepared to merchantability for the close price, perchance giving Arsenal a solution to their wounded woes. However, if the latest reports are to beryllium believed, their chap Londoners Chelsea could propulsion a spanner successful the works.

"We are actively looking astatine the marketplace to amended the squad," Arteta said earlier the grade of Jesus' wounded was confirmed. "We person been doing that since time one. We would beryllium naive to not bash that, due to the fact that it's an accidental to germinate and amended the squad."

According to The Times, Vlahovic is not an contiguous people for Arsenal contempt the Gunners being urged to revive their interest. The aforesaid work suggests Chelsea could determination for the 24-year-old with summertime signing Renato Veiga moving successful the other direction.

Vlahovic scored 18 goals successful each competitions past play and already has 12 this term. Just 7 of those person travel successful Serie A, though, with Thiago Motta's broadside down successful 5th contempt going unbeaten crossed their archetypal 21 matches.

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Chelsea's links with Vlahovic travel amid uncertainty implicit the aboriginal of Christopher Nkunku. French guardant Nkunku is said to beryllium keen connected a instrumentality to the Bundesliga, wherever helium scored 58 goals crossed his past 2 RB Leipzig seasons.

Nkunku missed the commencement of past play done wounded and has played 2nd fiddle to Nicolas Jackson this term. He has scored conscionable doubly successful the league but has 7 goals successful arsenic galore Conference League games to assistance Enzo Maresca's Blues cruise into the circular of 16.

Chelsea besides proceed to beryllium linked with Alejandro Garnacho, who could beryllium allowed to permission Manchester United this month. The winger's agents were spotted astatine Stamford Bridge connected Monday night arsenic Chelsea bushed Wolves successful the Premier League, though Napoli are besides understood to beryllium keen connected a move.

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