The Arsenal search for a striker is proving perpetually difficult to complete this January transfer window and the number of options available to the club are diminishing as the window draws to a close.
A failed Arsenal pursuit of Dusan Vlahovic has been followed by links to other top European young strikers such as Alexander Isak, Jonathan David and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, although all three are far more likely to move in the summer than this winter.
With the orthodox striker options looking unlikely at this stage, rather than scrapping any possibility of a forward, Edu and Mikel Arteta could look to approach the concept of a wide forward.
