Most of us Arsenal fans anticipate a busy winter transfer window.
The story has been that in order for Arsenal to win the league, they must make at least two huge signings this winter. The opinion is that they must buy a great striker to boost their attacking efficiency. They also need to sign a quality midfielder to provide cover when Declan Rice is out (or perhaps as an alternative in some games). Rice has been excellent, but there is concern about over-reliance on him.
That being said, Arsenal may be obliged to spend heavily in order to sign top targets such as Ivan Toney and Douglas Luiz. But do they have the funds to complete these two transactions? According to The Athletic, Arsenal are unlikely to make permanent additions in January.
Permanent signings appear to be doubtful due to FFP constraints. This assertion is understandable given Arsenal’s inability to finalise a permanent move for Raya, instead settling for a £3 million loan deal with an option to buy.
In the same vein, the Gunners will be constrained to only make loan moves this winter.
So will Brentford, Ivan Toney’s club, and Villa, Douglas Luiz’s club, agree to loan offers? Are Arsenal at a disadvantage when approaching them with loan offers when other teams may want to take these players on permanent deals?
As gooners, we must wait and watch. Reports like The Athletic’s may make us nervous, but who knows? The club may find a way.
Daniel O
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Well at least January is almost here and we can see what happens, if anything. I’m not expecting much but you never know lol
No we can not afford to spend in this window. As it has been pointed out we are on the FFP watch list and very close to the line. To balance the books in January by selling players is difficult. Although finances will improve due to Champions league, revenue and the fact that the wage bill has decreased and the sale of any player for what the market will pay should give money for the summer. I would agree with anyone who says incomming player will be loans.
In the money grow on trees managerial mode, maybe we need to hire the accountants at City and Chelsea to help us work some FFP magic. Once we are free from the shackles of FFP we can give MA another £200M in Jan
The Athletic’s article makes sense. I also guess Arsenal have almost fully maximized their FFP quota, by signing Rice, Havertz and Timber
Loaning a CF would also be a safer choice than signing a player permanently, although we wouldn’t get a high-profile one with that method
Let’s be realistic top team would hardly let their top striker leave in January not even Arsenal. I read from Metro that an enquiry was made on Nkethia which Arsenal refused bluntly. A loan is more realistic l.
They are genuine interest in both Nketiah and Nelson ahead of the January window, why not Arsenal test the waters.
If Palace are willing to pay £35 mill for Nketiah, we should accept it, fans will never accept his pay package, but he could go on and experience further growth.
lol, i laugh at your innocence. Keep dreaming!
How is that a dream? In the current market nketiah is worth 35m. Plus transfer fees always get inflated in January. Just look at moussa diaby. 100m in January, then went for half that in the summer.
The fact is, if teams want players in the middle of the season, you have to pay
Vamos several months ago I had mention Arsenal should sign Rice or the Caicedo kid or both for that matter, a fan rant so hard and ask if I think this club is Real Madrid, and how much he’s a realist.
We have start the wheel in motion in signing these big characters players,
I’m happy with loan signings. When fit we have a good squad. We don’t desperately need a striker until the summer. We share the goals around.
We need full backs desperately, but only because we have injuries. If we didn’t, we would have tomi on the left, timber on the right and we would be stable.
So temporary deals are completely fine by me. If we could get a left back with an option, more the better
Also hate this bs about “if we don’t spend big we won’t win the league”. All we need to win the league is consistency, and all we need for consistency is tweaking the TACTICS, not the playing staff
DANIEL we dont need to consult the Athletic to already KNOW that we will NOT be making the sort of signings you at leat still hope for.
There will also be NO LOAN incomings who are top quality, ready to improve our team.
We MAY sign or loan a single,or even two at a push, far lesser names who will be one for the future at best.
I doubt any major names will leave either, save just possibly Tierney, IF we can get some club to afford his wages and fee, which is also a major doubt.
Sorry to have to rain on your hopeful parade old chap, with my customary sober minded realism!
I think due to our current FFP limitations loan signings are probably our only way to get players in, unless we can raise some funds via selling some of our “unwanteds”.
If Bournemouth are feeling the pinch we might get a chance for Solanke on a Raya type deal, and pay them off in the summer.