Mikel Arteta gives latest on Arsenal striker pursuit ahead of transfer deadline day

Mikel Arteta says a precocious determination for a striker during the transportation model is ‘always possible’ but hinted that what Arsenal privation to bash and what is imaginable is not needfully the aforesaid thing.

The Gunners person been chasing a signing successful onslaught during the wintertime transportation window, with a superior genu wounded for Gabriel Jesus expanding their request for a caller forward.

A bid for Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins has proved unsuccessful, portion wintertime moves for the likes of Newcastle’s Alexander Isak and RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko look to beryllium retired of reach.

Arteta watched his broadside romp to a 5-1 triumph implicit Manchester City connected Sunday, which suggested their request for attacking reinforcements whitethorn not beryllium arsenic dire, but helium does inactive stay abbreviated of a genuine centre-forward.

Asked if determination volition beryllium a determination earlier Monday’s transportation deadline, Arteta stated that helium has been wide that helium wants a caller forward, but was coy connected whether that volition hap oregon not.

‘I don’t know. I person been focused successful the past 24 hours connected what we had to bash to effort to bushed Man City. Now we person done it, ok, we volition sermon the concern arsenic we ever do, past Newcastle, that’s the important thing,’ helium told Sky Sports.

‘It’s astir intentions, and the intention…I deliberation we person been precise wide from each space of what we privation to do. And the different is the world and what you are capable to do.’

On the imaginable of a signing connected Monday, helium said: ‘It’s ever possible.’

Bayern Munich guardant Mathys Tel remains a possibility, with the 19-year-old linked with a drawstring of Premier League clubs.

Manchester United, Tottenham and Chelsea person besides been touted arsenic imaginable destinations for the teenager, but his aboriginal inactive undecided.

The German giants person turned down a indebtedness bid from the Red Devils, portion the subordinate rejected a £50m determination to Spurs.

Sky Sports study that an exit is till a anticipation successful the hours to come, but intelligibly some nine and subordinate request to beryllium convinced.

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