Arsenal transfer news: Gunners 'trying like mad' for striker as pre-contract agreed

Arsenal stay hopeless to onshore a caller striker earlier the January transportation model closes with Benjamin Sesko and Matheus Cunha connected their radar whilst Kieran Tierney has ironed retired his future

Arsenal person been progressive successful a batch of transportation chatter passim January but are yet to get immoderate concern done.

The Premier League hopefuls request to adjacent the spread connected Liverpool and caller additions would assistance their cause, particularly with a increasing wounded list. Mikel Arteta has made it wide helium wants - and is trying - to onshore caller recruits implicit the coming week oregon so.

Time is moving retired for the Gunners with a caller frontman precise overmuch their priority. Arsenal bash not person a prolific striker successful their ranks and that has outgo them astatine times this season. Getting prime successful midseason tin beryllium challenging and the northbound Londoners are yet to find their man.

Here's the latest from the Emirates.

Tierney secures exit

Kieran Tierney has signed a pre-contract statement with Celtic and helium volition instrumentality to Scotland erstwhile his Arsenal woody expires. The Gunners had made it wide that the defender, who was signed backmost successful 2019, would not beryllium offered a caller declaration to remain.

Tierney was allowed to speech to clubs astir moving arsenic a escaped cause with clubs from overseas and Premier League outfits keen, but helium opted unafraid a instrumentality to Parkhead, reports the Telegraph. However striking a woody with the Scottish champions could complicate his short-term situation. There had been speech of Tierney making a determination successful January but helium whitethorn present person to hold respective months earlier heading to the Hoops.

Last word Tierney was sent retired connected indebtedness erstwhile it became wide that his opportunities were going to beryllium limited. He headed to Real Sociedad, wherever helium was a regular, and is present backmost successful northbound London.

Gunners "trying similar mad" to onshore striker

David Seaman says Arsenal are doing everything they tin to onshore a caller striker earlier the January transportation model shuts. Benjamin Sesko was the club's first-choice people backmost successful the summertime earlier the Slovenia signed a caller declaration with RB Leipzig. But that involvement has been reignited this period successful the anticipation that a woody tin beryllium done.

Seaman having spent much than a decennary connected the Arsenal books arsenic a subordinate knows archetypal manus that enactment is ongoing down the scenes. He told talkSPORT: "Everybody is talking astir signing a caller striker and that does look similar what we need. It looks similar we’re trying to get a striker but to get a marquee striker, the finished article, successful January… that doesn’t hap precise often.

"I cognize for a information that they’re trying similar huffy to get 1 but whether it volition beryllium present oregon the summer, I don’t know. There’s ones successful the pipeline truthful we volition person to hold and spot if they get done."

Wolves acceptable Cunha price

Wolves frontman Matheus Cunha has been linked with Arsenal each period but they are 1 of 5 teams successful the hunt. Nottingham Forest person emerged arsenic superior players and they are acceptable to marque a club-record bid for the player.

Sky Sports study that Wolves would merchantability for £60m, should they person an connection of that size. Knowing that could alteration Arsenal's program with the Gunners susceptible of reaching that fig should they wish. Meanwhile Forest's existent club-record signing is Elliot Anderson astatine £35m.

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