Andy Gray tells Arsenal to make £100m bid for January target
Andy Gray tells Arsenal to make £100m bid for January target
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Andy Gray has urged Arsenal to make a stunning £100m bid to ‘tempt’ Aston Villa to sell star striker Ollie Watkins. Villa rejected Arsenal’s opening £60m bid for Watkins but expect the Gunners to return with an improved offer. Mikel Arteta is desperate to sign a new striker before the January transfer window closes as he looks for attacking reinforcements ahead of what he hopes will be a successful title push in the second-half of the season.
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Gabriel Jesus suffered a season-ending injury earlier in the month but the Brazilian was hardly consistent in front of goal even before his setback. Kai Havertz has also gone through some difficult periods since his £65m move from Chelsea, with most pundits of the opinion that Arsenal need a new striker to win major trophies.
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Arsenal have been linked with moves for Benjamin Sesko, Dusan Vlahovic and Victor Osimhen this month but appear to have made England striker Watkins their first-choice target. Watkins scored 27 goals last season to help Aston Villa qualify for the Champions League before playing a limited but crucial role for England at Euro 2024.
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The 29-year-old supported Arsenal growing up and admitted earlier in his career that it would be a ‘dream’ to play for the Gunners. Former Sky Sports pundit Gray believes Watkins would thrive at Arsenal and be an instant upgrade on Havertz, although he doubts Aston Villa will agree to sell ‘for any money’.
