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Arsenal reportedly want £28m star that once admitted he was a Gunners fan

Arsenal have reprtedly shortlisted Villa a♕ce Ollie Watkins as Mikel Arteta looks for a striker – and he has admitted it is a “dream” to play for Arsenal.

Wat🎃kins, 25, is a target🌃 after scoring 14 Premier League goals and laying on five assists last season. This season, he only got off the mark on Sunday.

Bu🅘t Arsenal need a striker. Alexandre Lacazette and Eddie Nketiah are out of contract next su༒mmer, with both looking more and more likely to go.

So, Arsenal need another option up top and Watkins – as well as Everton’s Dom Calvert-Lewin – ar🤡e targets, . Watkins will be tempted.

That is because Watkins said, back in 2020⛄ before his £28million move to Villa, that it is a dream of his to play for Arsenal in his career.

“That’s the dཧream, to play for Arsenal one day. But, you know, it’s a long shot,” , in March 2020 while at Brentford.

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Photo by Malcolm Couzens/Getty Images

Arsenal eye Watkins: Villa star would be a huge signing for Gunners

Watkins would be a sensational signing for Villa. A simply brilliant signing, but he could end up being near a clu༒b-record signing for t🧸he Gunners.

The ex-Brentford man cost Villa the bes🐈t part of £30million. He has since then, proved he can score goals in the Premier League on a regular basis.

Watkins has also become an෴ England international, called-up for the latest f✤ixtures against Andorra and Hungary this month.

He is worth double what Villa paid, if 🐼not more. So, if💜 Arsenal are going to go in for Watkins – they may end up paying a near club-record fee.

Is heಌ worth £60million? Or would it be best to just hand Alexandre Lacazette another year? A tricky one for Arteta.

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Photo by Daniel Leal-Olivas – Pool/Getty Images