In January, Ollie Watkins became the focus of serious transfer interest from Arsenal as the club looked to sign a striker. An offer was made to Aston Villa for his signature, but the bid was turned down, with the club unwilling to sell one of their most important players. Watkins has been instrumental to Aston Villa’s performances and remains a key figure at Villa Park.
Despite his commitment to the club, Watkins is a lifelong Arsenal supporter and would be eager to join them if the opportunity arose. This personal connection could make a future move more likely should Arsenal renew their interest. When the current season concludes, Arsenal are expected to pursue a new striker, and Watkins is among the players being considered.
According to a report by Football Insider, Watkins is now open to the move. The report states that he wants to join Arsenal as his future remains uncertain. It further claims that the striker is “more than happy” with Arsenal’s approach and would be keen to take the chance to move to the Emirates if the club returns with an offer in the summer.
Watkins has been one of the most consistent and effective strikers in English football, and his qualities make him a highly attractive option. His movement, finishing ability and work rate have earned him a reputation as a reliable forward at the highest level. For a club aiming to compete on multiple fronts, securing a player of his calibre would be a significant step forward.
Arsenal are likely to need more than one new striker, so even if they decide to sign a younger forward with potential, there would still be room for Watkins in the squad. His experience and proven record in the Premier League would provide valuable depth and a competitive edge within the attacking unit. With his openness to the move and personal desire to represent Arsenal, a renewed approach could be met with a positive outcome.
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If Ollie Watkins arrives it would likely be the safest and quickest transfer to be made being as he is a supporter as well as he is an England International his signing would be ok – provided he came as backup to a marque striker signing. I suggest we need two new strikers.
So Initially i was against him coming for a lot of reasons, not least because he’s 29 but mainly I worry that he lacks that quality of being a ‘prolific’ striker. I see no substance to Victor Gyokeres’ arrival, too many suitors are involved .
Perhaps the Vlahovic interest, Ekiteke, or even Lookman could provide us the other of 2 new strikers – not 1. All would receive plenty service from arsenal’s midfield and wingers.
Very doubtful. He is much better than what we have but since he is not a flop from CFC/MC/MU I doubt Mikel will hire him. I’d have Ollie any day over Gab J., but it all depends on the manager, we all know that Mikel is very “fair” with hardworking players.
Before any player is coming under contract to the arsenal there has to be ‘evidence’ of players who are leaving. So far there’s none.
Watkins would be a great addition to the squad. He has PL experience, a good finisher and has good link up play and most importantly is an Arsenal supporter. even if we go in for a younger striker, Watkins would be a reliable back up to have, considering the number of games we have every season, we need atleast 2 attacking signings.
Ollie should have shown some sort of enthusiasm if he said he’s an Arsenal fan to make the move in January.
So what he did sat quietly allowing our approach to fell flat and dead.
With his age not ideal to our profile, he must now suffer the consequences of his actions or none actions.
I can’t sanction any deal now for the aging striker
Gunsmoke,
Your quote: I can’t sanction any deal now for the aging striker.
Can I be the first to congratulate you on your promotion to the Director of football at the Arsenal. It must be a very proud day for you.😂🤣👍😉
As a Villa fan I would not be totally upset to see Ollie leave, he does score goals but he also misses a lot of chances per game and goes on regular barren spells of 6,7,8 games without finding the net. In my opinion Ollie is a winger as he does not have a strikers instinct nor composed finish, unfortunately in Ollie’s opinion he is one and the toys come out if he doesn’t play the central role (as we witnessed when Rashford started against PSG – Ollie’s CL tally was 1 goal in 12 games!)
bmac78,
Are you trying to put us off. 🤣😂👍😉