According to Football Italia, Juve might entertain offers for the Serbian striker despite his impressive form—12 goals in 23 games, which marks his best start to a league campaign. The speculation stems from Vlahovic reportedly struggling to fit into Thiago Motta’s system, which demands more involvement in build-up play.
There’s also talk that Juventus might want to replace Vlahovic with Joshua Zirkzee, a striker Motta worked with at Bologna, who is currently struggling at Manchester United. If Juve is open to offloading Vlahovic, any club in need of a prolific striker would be foolish not to explore this opportunity.
Let’s not forget that when Mikel Arteta was seeking his first striker for Arsenal, he identified Vlahovic as the perfect heir to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The then-Fiorentina star was viewed as the ideal hitman for Arteta’s system, but the move never materialised as Vlahovic opted to join Juventus instead.
Since his move to Turin, Vlahovic has performed admirably, delivering a steady stream of goals. However, Arsenal still needs a reliable goal scorer, someone capable of shouldering the goal-scoring burden in high-pressure situations. If the opportunity arises to recruit a top-tier striker, why wouldn’t we pursue it?
Vlahovic at 24 is undoubtedly more mature and experienced than he was during his Fiorentina days. He’s also likely wiser about his career choices and would surely relish the chance to play in the Premier League. If Juventus is willing to sell and the striker doesn’t feature prominently in Thiago Motta’s long-term plans, Arsenal could potentially secure him for a reasonable fee—a bargain for a player of his calibre.
While other options like Alexander Isak or Viktor Gyökeres exist, they are significantly more expensive, and Vlahovic arguably has a higher ceiling in terms of raw talent and proven quality.
Arsenal once believed Vlahovic was the “mercenary” their attack needed. Perhaps now is the time to reignite that interest and offer him a fresh start. With his physicality, goal-scoring instincts, and newfound maturity, Vlahovic could be the final piece in Arteta’s attacking puzzle.
The question is: can Arsenal move quickly enough to beat other suitors to his signature?
Daniel O
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Interesting especially at this time of the season.
I read he could be available for around $60M this transfer window, however according to Sky Sports, Gyokeres could be available for around the same in the summer.
A bit of a tough one, however it’s not just up to us a s both of these players will have lots of suitors.
Not too sure if this guy wants to leave Italy for whatever reason but he’s definitely a better option than Igor Jesus or Gimenez who are being muted. They will struggle in the PL because they are just average strikers.
I would gladly go for Jhon Duran or get Kolo Muani on loan.
I will also add Paixao to my list. For me he’s a better option than Damsgaard for the wings.
there are no ‘bargain’ price strikers in January
As said in the opening paragraph, he seems to struggle with build up play… not sure if that sounds like an Arteta player to me. He’s a systems man. This also seems to be the issue with martinelli at the minute, he’s not afforded enough freedom to do what he naturally does best. I’d love to see Vlahovic here but I can’t see it….
I watch a lot of Juventus games and Vlahovic is good (better than what we currently have), but he manages to miss some chances that you’d expect him to score. Also his hold up play is average (he’s no Ibrahimovic).
He has a lower ceiling than Isak in terms of output.
The issue is not the players, it the system we play, we keep too many men behind the ball, this helps prevent counter attacks but limits our ability to break down deep blocks. Yesterday when the ball broke to the wing, we often had no players running in behind and no one in the box.
Arsenal are not going to sign anyone in Jan. if they wanted, the backend discussion would have happened in December & deal would have been closed by now. The American owners are not serious about winning trophies. They just want to create successful brand.