Arsenal in talks to sign ‘electric’ star who could be another Saka

Heading into the January transfer window, there is one thing very clear about any other problem at Premier League; Arsenal they have to sign players. They also need to sign attacking players.

Heading into their game against Aston Villa, Mikel Arteta he had probably one of the worst benches in the league at his disposal and it said everything that Raheem Sterling was the only option he made and even then, it wasn’t until the final quarter of the game.

Kieran Tierney, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Jakub Kiwior and Jorginho were all options, but with the Gunners demanding a goal, they only had Sterling with first-team experience to call upon. The other options were 19-year-old Ismeal Kabia and 22-year-old Nathan Butler-Oyadeji.

So that probably explains links to players like Alexander Isaac and Benjamin Sescodon’t you think so?

Then there are no new defenders, right? Well, think again. Another full-back could be on his way to the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal eyeing Bayern Munich star

In recent years, Arteta has made a strong effort to strengthen the club’s defensive line and to his credit, he has done an admirable job in that department.

No team has conceded fewer goals (29) by the Gunners in last season’s Premier League. The problem is that many of them are prone to injury.

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We still haven’t seen the best of Riccaro Calafiori who just can’t seem to stay fit, while Takehiro Tomiyasu and Ben White are both out with injury at the moment.

That said, it’s likely that the aforementioned Tierney and Zinchenko will be gone in the coming months. The Scotsman’s contract is expected to expire while the latter has expired he has been linked with Borussia Dortmund in recent days. Maybe hiring?

Well, one of them could be the Bayern Munich sensation Alphonso Davis. That’s it according to reports in Spain which suggest Arsenal and Liverpool are keen to convince the Canadian to sign for them over Real Madrid.

Davies is heading for a new contract with Bayern with his current terms set to expire in the summer, when he would become a free agent if he does not sign.

Arsenal are on red alert as a result, and along with Arne Slot’s team, have “intensified their contacts with the player’s agents” in a bid to bring him to English football.

Why Davies would be a great signing for Arsenal

Yes, Arsenal need attacking players, but in Davies they could sign a self-made striker capable of increasing productivity at both ends of the pitch.

A natural winner, having won several Bundesliga titles with Bayern, he is an experienced player who could strike immediately on the run.

Primarily a left-back, he would present Arteta with a different option than he already has at his disposal.

While Calafiori is more of a beastly defender, Miles Lewis-Skelley has performed admirably in the inverted role in recent weeks. with data analyst Ben Mattinson already suggesting the 18-year-old is “the best player in the league in drawing fouls.” Nice praise indeed.

However, they lack that left-back, someone who will bomb forward and support the attack. That’s where Davis could come in.

Clock as the joint seventh fastest player in Bundesliga historyit obviously is an “electric” player in Mattinson’s words and could provide Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard with the flank support we’ve seen Ben White give Bukayo Saka down the right over the years.

As we can see below, Davies is a completely different profile to someone like Lewis-Skelly and Calafiori, but he would offer so much in terms of ball carrying and extra attacking threat.

What is interesting to note, is that Davies is not just a left-back. Actually, He has played as a left winger on 45 occasions in his career and 16 times from the right wing.

For his country Canada, the 24-year-old regularly features in a more prominent forward position, most notably starting two of his nation’s three matches at the 2022 World Cup as a left winger. In the 2017 Gold Cup, he started two of the four matches on the right.

There are fascinating parallels with a certain Saka here. Naturally, the England international started as a left-back in senior football before migrating further forward and eventually playing on the right. Saka has the same ability to carry the ball as Davies, which leads us to believe that the Canadian could play in a more attacking role on a regular basis for Arsenal.

He is still young enough to mold into something else and there is plenty of evidence to suggest that a player who boasts so much pace and trickery could thrive in the final third. Saka is proof, as is Wales legend Gareth Bale.

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