Sky Sports journalist Sacha Tavolieri claims that Arsenal is a surprise candidate to sign Barcelona striker Dani Olmo next season. Ahead of the January transfer window, Olmo’s agents are reportedly keeping “regular and positive contacts” with both Manchester City and Arsenal representatives, according to the Sky Sports analyst. Even though Barcelona paid £52 million to buy Olmo from RB Leipzig in the summer, they haven’t been able to sign him for the second half of the season yet. This is part of Barcelona’s ongoing financial difficulties.
According to a clause in his contract, Olmo can leave as a free agent if the Catalan powerhouses don’t re-register him. This means that interested clubs may soon have the chance to sign the Euro 2024 winner for nothing.
Mikel Arteta suggests that Arsenal might sign a new winger in January
Over the past few days, the Gunners have suffered numerous injuries in a crucial section of the field; manager Mikel Arteta is facing a significant selection dilemma as Sterling and Saka are now expected to miss weeks due to their injuries. Actually, according to reports after Arteta’s most recent update, Arsenal fears Saka would be sidelined until March (The Daily Mail). Given how essential the £195,000-per-week winger is to their system, it would be a devastating blow to their title hopes.
Rumour has it that Arsenal may move forward with their ambitions to buy a new winger in time for January since Sterling’s knee injury prevents the North Londoners from using the loanee summer signing to replace Saka. Tavolieri, who writes a column for Sky, claims that Arsenal is in “positive contacts” with Olmo’s representation in advance of January and that the versatile attacker for Barcelona may be one of the “big” talking points of the upcoming transfer window.
