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Arsenal fans react to reported interest in Ollie Watkins

Jordan Harris
Jordan Harris

♛A number of Arsenal fans have taken to Twitter to comment on Ollie Watkins amid reports that the Gunners are considering a move for the striker.

What’s the story?

ꦗ that Arsenal are looking at potential replacements for Alexandre Lacazette, with his £180,000-a-week contract expiring next summer.

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Photo by Stephanie Meek – CameraSport via Getty Images

༒The report claims that both Watkins and Dominic Calvert-Lewin are on the radar.

ꦬAs noted in the report, Watkins cost Aston Villa £28 million. And he has since gone on to prove himself at the highest level for club and country.

🤡He scored 14 goals in the Premier League for the Villans last season. Meanwhile, he has made his debut for England.

Photo by Neville Williams/Aston Villa FC via Getty Images
Photo by Neville Williams/Aston Villa FC via Getty Images

✨Obviously, he will not come cheap. Villa would want to make a huge profit before they considered selling Watkins, who is so important to their style of play.

🐈His energy and relentlessness makes him such a nightmare for defenders to deal with. He made a superb run to get onto the end of Matt Targett’s cross to score against Tottenham on Sunday.

♉And that is why there are plenty of Arsenal fans who would love to see Watkins join the club.

‘Would be great’: Arsenal fans react to Ollie Watkins links

🐬. And he has shown with Villa, and with Brentford before that, that he can play anywhere across the forward line.

💙So it would be a real statement of intent for Arsenal to bring Watkins to the Emirates in the future.

🎃With that in mind, here is what some of the Gunners fans make of the links with Watkins…