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Arsenal were the mystery club who bid for £60m attacker this week

Charles Jones

Thu 30 January 2025 16:00, UK

Arsenal have left it late to make their moves in the winter transfer window, but now, the ball is really rolling.

Indeed, Arsenal bid for Ollie Watkins on Wednesday, and while Aston Villa rꦡejected that offer, Arsenal are ready to make a second approach for Watkins.

However, Watkins isn’t the only striker Arsenal have bid for this week.

Indeed, a mystery club bid for Evan Ferguson this week, and acꦗcording to Ben Jacobs, speaking on Curtis Shaw 💖TV, it was indeed Arsenal who made the offer for the striker.

The bid was said to be in excess of £50m, but Brigh💝ton k🌠nocked back this offer.

Ferguson has been valued at in recent times.

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Arsenal made Evan Ferguson bid

According to Jacobs, Arsenal were the so-called mystery team who made a bid for Ferguson🐟.

The journalist says that Arsenal did make an approach for the striker, but Brighton’s stance was that they didn’t want to sell and only wanted to do a loan deaඣl꧃.

“They can’t do a Premier League loan that rules out Evan Ferguson. Although my understanding is t🉐he ‘secret’ or ‘anonymous’ club that did actually make an approach to Brighton was Arsenal and they were told very clearly that Brighton don’t want to sell, they want to loan,” Ferguson said.

“Evan Ferguson was quite interesting because as I revealed a few weeks ago, Raheem Sterling and Neto can’t be recalled. Arsenal can’t do a loan, they have to buy, so they called up Brighton and said ‘will yo💛u sell?’ And they don’t want permanence, as it stands anyway.”

Evan Ferguson compared to Ollie Watkins

Arsenal have made two ✱bids for two Premier League strikers this week, and it’s c🐲lear which player the Gunners should be pushing to sign.

Indeed, while Ferguson is talented young player with plenty of room t💞o grow and improve, Watkins is the man who should be Arsenal’s top priorit✱y.

The stats this season show exactly whꦑy Watkins should be the Gunners’ top target.

Watkins is outperforming Ferguson to some degree, and with Arsenal just behind Liverpoo🍃l in the title race, they n🍌eed a player who is going to make an immediate difference.

Arsenal believe Watkins would be a top signing, and while Ferguson would be more of a long-term play who could ultimately end up being an elite talent, Arsenal need a player w▨ho is going to be an immediate game-changer. There are just days to go in the transfer window, and Arsenal have