Arsenal reportedly want £33m Thierry Henry 2.0, fans should be buzzing – TBR View

Tue 5 October 2021 20:15, UK

Arsenal have reportedly earmarke♛d Ollie Watkins as a potential transfer target amid Alexand🌼re Lacazette’s uncertain future at the Emirates.

The France international’s Gunners contract expires at the end of the season and Arsenal haven’t offered him a𒆙 new deal.

claims Arsen🎉al could look to sell Lacazette in the January transfer window rather than losing him as a free agent at the end of the season.

But Mikel Arteta would only allow that to happen if he is able to sign another striker to act as back-up to skipp🌠er Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

And according to , Arteta is reportedly eyeing Aston Villa’s Watkins as a potential replacemen﷽t, as well as Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

Arsenal fans should be buzzing about the prospect of signing Watkin𒆙s, who

Not only is he a top player with a high ceiling, but🌌 has also spoken of his fondness for the Gunners and club legend Thierry Henry in the past.

Arsenal target Watkins – the story so far

Watkins began his football j♉ourney at Exeter City, coming through the ranks to become a first-team regꦐular.

By the time Brentford signed him in 2017, he h🤡ad registe🌞red 26 goals and 17 assists in just 78 Grecians appearances.

Watkins also excelled with the B❀ees, claiming 49 goals and 17 assists from 143 competitive appearances.

The 25-year-old scored 26 Championship goals en rout💜e 🌸to the playoff semi-finals in 2020.

After Brentford failed to progress to the final, he joined Aston Villa th𒅌at summer for a .

And Watkins has taken to top-flight life superbly, boasting a tally of 17 goals and five assistsဣ from 45 appearances.

He made his England breakthrough earlier this year, making a goalscoring debut against San Marin🍌o in March, and he’s currently on three caps.

Watkins has been plying his trade almost exclusively 🍌at centre-forward since 2019-20.

Brentford boss Thomas Frank converted him to a striker after Ne🙈al Maupay left the West Londoners for Brigh🃏ton.

Prior to that, Watkins played on ꦑthe wings 𒈔and at No. 10.

“In the reser๊ves an😼d through the youth team I was playing on the wing,” he told in 2016.

“But now I find mysel𝕴f in the number 10 role, which seems to be paying off lately.”

In 201𝔉7, Watkins told the website in a feature Q&A: “Thierry Henry is my sporting hero, I gre﷽w up watching him as I support Arsenal.

“I trღy to base my game on his, by driving at defenders and looking to make somethi🎉ng happen when I get the ball.”