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Whether or not Arsenal can afford to sign Nico Williams this month

Charles Jones

Wed 15 January 2025 13:45, UK

Arsenal need to have a busy January transfer window.

Arsenal are just lagging behind a little bit in the Premier Lౠeague title race at the moment, and that’s down to their inability to score goals.

Position	Team	Played MP	Won W	Drawn D	Lost L	For GF	Against GA	Diff GD	Points Pts
2	Nottm ForestNottingham Forest	21	12	5	4	30	20	10	41
3	ArsenalArsenal	20	11	7	2	39	18	21	40
4	ChelseaChelsea	21	10	7	4	41	26	15	37

Arsenal have struggled in front of goal as of late. Kai Havertz has been criticised this week for his performances in the cup competitions, while Arsenal had 𝄹a run of three games without scoring from open play last month.

Arsenal do h💞ave some attacking targets in mind though.

Arsenal want Dusan Vlahovic, while Jonathan David is an option for Arsenal up front.

Arsenal are also looking at wingers.

Rafael Leao has been linked to Arsenal, while Nico Williams is Arsenal’s top target.

Speaking on KS1 TV, Steve Kay has been discussing Arsenal’s links to Williams, and he says that the Gunners🍰 can afford Williams, but getting the ꦿattacker out of Athletic Club is a different proposition.

Arsenal can afford Nico Williams

Kay shared what he kno💦ws about A꧋rsenal and their finances.

The journalist says that Arsenal are in a good positi🔯on financially and have money to spend𝓀 in January.

Kay says that Arsenal could go out and buy Nico Williams, but🎀, convincing the player to leave his club is ano♏ther matter.

“We’re in quite a good position now. We do have money to spend in January. The rules came into play in the summer and we were ♔cash-strapped, we couldn’t buy. In January, we could go and get Nico Williams in January for instance, Mikel Arteta wants him, but getting him out of Bilbao in January is like a no-go,” Kay sai🎶d.

Who could Arsenal sign instead?

Nico Will🙈iams is a dream target for Arsenal, but, as Kay says, it’s going to be hard🧸 to convince him to leave Bilbao.

So, who el🌼se could Arsenal sign in those wide areas?

Bryan Mbeumo has been linked to Arsenal, Arsenal have 🥃scouted Takefusa K𝓰ubo recently, while Alex Baena has been linked too.

A look at the stats suggests that all three of these playꦗers cou🐲ld actually be better options than Williams in any case.

Williams isn’t having the best of 𝓰seasons, and Arsenal may be better off looking at Mbeumo, 🅰Kubo or Baena this month.

Whether or not Arsenal pursue any of these deals in January remains to be seen, but one thing is for sure, the Gunners do need some attacking reinforcements, especially after Gabriel Jesus and Bukayo Saka went down i𓄧njured.

Gary Neville thinks Arsenal can win the league still, but they may need to get some business done in Januar🌠y in order to do that.