Arsenal’s need to sign a forward player this window is significant. The options beyond the starting front three have a significant gap regarding their quality and a serious injury to the Gunners’ forwards would create some nervousness without reinforcement.
The return of Emile Smith Rowe for Arsenal will of course be key, that said, the most likely potential signing appears to be left-winger Mykhaylo Mudryk of Shakhtar Donetsk. football.london understands that the interest in the Ukrainian has existed for some time.
Gabriel Martinelli has been the starter on the left and the addition of Mudryk would, on the surface, appear to congest the left flank with options with Smith Rowe’s primary successes coming from this wide role too. Although the England international differs in style to the other two.