Arsenal has been handed a boost in their pursuit of Dominic Solanke after Eddie Howe ruled out a Newcastle United move for him.
Solanke has become one of the most in-form strikers in the Premier League and is now attracting the attention of the top clubs in the country.
The former Liverpool striker is doing a superb job at Bournemouth, and the top clubs in the country want him to lead their line.
Goals are a problem for Arsenal, and Solanke has scored more goals than all the Gunners’ strikers this term.
Newcastle also needs goals, and Solanke could solve that problem for the second half of the season, but Howe had admitted they cannot sign him.
Howe said, as quoted by Metro Sport:
‘Yes, a frustrating story for me because, yes, I love Dominic Solanke, I signed him and I rate him very, very highly.
‘But we have not made an enquiry for him and we don’t have the ability to sign a player of that level.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
Solanke is better than all our strikers on current form, and the logical thing to do would be to add him to our squad.
The Englishman is doing well, but it will be hard for us to sign him this month because he will probably cost too much.
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Why didn’t you bring him with you when you came to Newcastle, if you rated him so highly always smarter when a player is playing good.
Solanke is still a massive risk. Even Eddie Nketiah can score an impressive 2 or 3 goals in a game sometimes, but that doesn’t make him equal to players like EG. Sergio Aguero. Therefore given the circumstances Solanke is worth a punt, but I would not expect him to be the “Fix it all” solution. If Arsenal can get someone properly proven like Osimhen at the end of the season (Which I think they’re trying for) I’d rather that, but in the mean time Solanke is worth a shot if they want to be spend the money like that.
Solanke is the real deal, homegrown, no fuss all football, what he has achieved this season will equal what Eddie has achieved all his time at AFC, and for the enlightened followers of the enlightened manager this is something else .Arrogance of the top order, and that is the reason we cannot grind 10 wins on a trot. My only fear for Solanke if he joins, his career should not get ruined by the Artetatrashball. Ask Martinelli, Saka, Odegard, Trossad, ……………..
Is it not possible for Arsenal to cancel Raya loan and get Solanki on loan since their books do not allow them to buy without violating the FFP? They have a good keeper just warming the bench who they can use and always go back to Raya in the summer when buying is now possible.
Solanke will definitely cost less than Toney and Ossimhen. He is PL proven and very talented. I think Arsenal should sign him. If cost is a problem, we could sell some of our fringe players or players who are not getting enough game time and want to play.
Newcastle cannot sign him for the same reason we cannot sign him either, because of FFP. So where is our advantage? Unless we sell a few players for a lot of money we won’t be signing anyone in this window.
Perhaps we might have been able to sign a new striker this month if we had not committed £137 million including salary on Kai Havertz.
Bournemouth are a dangerous side on the counter attack and that’s when Solanke cashed in.At a possession based side like Arsenal I doubt if he has the ball control and ability to retain the ball in tight spaces and create chances for others.That is where Neketiah also falls down as his close control and first touch is poor.Unless Arteta aims to change tactics, which I very much doubt, I do not think Solanke ,for all his endeavour, would be a good fit for Arsenal.