Chilwell to Man Utd, Ferguson to City among five potential January ‘panic buys’ for PL clubs
As ‘panic buy’ season approaches, here are five potential impulsive January transfers, including Luke Shaw-lite to Manchester United from Chelsea.
Arsenal – Jonathan David
It’s no secret that Arsenal need to sign a new striker and this issue should have sort two/three transfer windows ago.
Arsenal’s ongoing overreliance upon set-pieces and lack of threat from open play fuel reports linking Mikel Arteta’s side with potential upgrades on Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus.
After missing out on Benjamin Sesko in the summer, the Gunners have predominantly link with Sporting Lisbon’s Viktor Gyokeres – the 2024 leading scorer in Europe – and Newcastle United’s Alexander Isak.
Gyokeres and Isak are the kind of elite-level ทางเข้า ufabet https://ufabet999.app operators who need to be consider by Arsenal for their forward department, though they are expensive and it’s hard to see either joining Arsenal in the winter.
Alternatively, Arsenal could pull the trigger and sign a cheaper and less-suited striker in January, such as David. The 24-year-old is on track for his best season (eleven goals in 15 Ligue Un appearances for Lille) and is among the 20 leading footballers who could become a free agent in 2025. Therefore, he could be available for a cut-price fee in the winter.
Arsenal are among the Premier League clubs perpetually linkewith David, who has an asterisk to his name mainly because he’s built his reputation in Ligue Un.
Having scored 25+ goals in back-to-back seasons, it’s also a bit of a red flag that he’s yet to secure himself a big move and Arteta could regret signing him instead of waiting until the summer for Gyokeres/Isak.
The potential sale of Marcus Rashford could raise funds, but Amorim is still likely to have a limited budget to work with in January as he looks to put his stamp on his floundering squad.
His main priority needs to be the signing of a left-back as Man Utd cannot rely on Luke Shaw or Tyrell Malacia for more than a handful of games at a time. Clearly aware of this, the media in various countries are currently linking the Premier League giants with pretty much every full-back.