It’s three goals in three games for Netherlands forward Cody Gakpo and Arsenal watch on with a long-term profile of interest slipping away as a Premier League rival looks to move swiftly. Reports suggest Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag wants to move fast this winter to secure the 23-year-old.
Have Arsenal missed their chance on Gakpo, and will he join a long list of players they regret not having snapped up sooner? In short, it’s impossible to know in these early stages but there are plenty of examples of players who the Gunners missed out on recently that have not necessarily made Edu and Mikel Arteta need to look back at what could have been.
Arsenal were heavily linked with a move for then Red Bull Salzburg’s Dominik Szoboszlai. However, sister club RB Leipzig stole a march and signed the Hungarian in January of last year.
