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Expert shocked that Arsenal didn’t sign £30m striker in the January transfer window

Charles Jones

Thu 13 February 2025 16:15, UK

Arsenal didn’t sign a new striker in the January transfer window, and that decision has already come back to bite the Gunners.

Indeed, Kai Havertz is now out injured for the season, and Arsenꦦal are incredibly light at centre🦂-forward.

At this point, Declan Rice mi♏ght be Arsenal’s best striker option, and that just highlights why Arsenal should’ve signed a st🐽riker in January.

It was𒁃n’t for a lack of trying from Arsenal in the winter transfer window though.

Indeed, Arsenal made a bid for Ollie Watkins at one point, while Arsenal made an approach for Evan Ferguson at one point last month.

Speaking on Market Madness, Tim Vickery has been discussing some of the next stars to come out of South America, and the expert says that he’s surprised that Arsenal didn’t go and sign Igor Jesus in January.

Jesus was linked to Arsenal in the winter window, but🔜, for one reason or another, the Gunners didn’t go for the forward.

Tim Vickery surprised Arsenal didn’t sign Igor Jesus

Vickery spoke about Igor Jesus and his transfer pl🧔ans.

The South American expert says that Jesus’ plan is to end up in the Premier League in the summer, claiming that he’s surprised that Ars🌟enal didn’t get him last month.

Jesus has been valued at £30m.

“Igor Jesus, Brazil’s centre forward at Botafogo. The idea, I think, after the Club World Cup is Premier League. I was surprised that A💯rsenal didn’t bite during the January window,” Tim Vickery said.

Igor Jesus stats in Brazil

Vickery says 🌼he’s surpri𓆉sed that Arsenal didn’t go for Jesus, but, when you look at the player’s stats, his numbers are hardly befitting of an Arsenal number nine.

Indeed, Arse🃏nal need a player who knows where the back of the net is, and, sadly, Jesus isn’t that player.

His stats during his time in Brazil really d🦩on’t look all that promising.

Of course, there’s more t𒉰o being a striker than scoring goals, and the fact that Jesus has four Brazil caps would indicate he’s doing something right.

However, signings directly from Brazil are risky at the best of times, and at a moment when Arsenal needed a guaranteed source of goals, bringing in an unproven player who isn’t scoওring at the moment would have been a questionable move.

Arsen𒁃al may have made the right decision when swerving a move for Jesus in the January window.