Arteta personally wants Arsenal to sign Saka’s £50m replacement in January

Arsenal director Mikel Arteta personally the Gunners are keen to go and attempt a deal for a highly-rated striker this month as his club continue to scour the market for a potential replacement for Bukayo Saka.

Arsenal suffer 2-0 Carabao Cup first leg defeat at Newcastle

It was a Tuesday night to forget for Arsenal, who saw their hopes of winning the Carabao Cup and a piece of major silverware slip away.

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The Spaniard wants something above all for his team.

Arteta watched from the sidelines at the Emirates Stadium as Newcastle won 2-0 in the first semi-final against his side, with goals from rumored Arsenal transfer target Alexander Isak; and England winger Anthony Gordon gives the North Londoners a real mountain to climb at St James’ Park on February 5.

Arsenal are sorely missing the performance of star winger Saka at the moment – who is expected to be out until March after undergoing surgery on his back knee – and that was highlighted by Arteta’s men spurning a number of chances against Newcastle.

“Nothing – try to improve” he said Arteta on what Arsenal can do to be more clinical.

“You know, there’s things we could have done better. We were unlucky at times. You need some luck for the ball to bounce there. You also need that intuition, and if not, you’ve got to That’s the thing we can do, then the probability will be higher for us to win, but certainly against this team to produce what we have produced, and looking back at the last six games I have watched, I have not seen it But the result says 0-2, unfortunately.

“I think we kicked a lot of balls over the bar, and it’s difficult because that ball flies a lot, and we talked about that as well. So there are details that we can do better. But, in the end, that’s gone. You know, that’s no way back, it’s about the next game, and that’s the reality of our world.”

Mikel Arteta wants Arsenal to sign Athletic Bilbao winger Nico Williams

Arsenal are believed to be eyeing the market for a goalscoring winger help them in the final third, in place of the injured Saka, and you couldn’t do better than Athletic Bilbao sensation Nico Williams from this point of view.

The Spain international finished 23/24 with an impressive 19 assists and eight goals in all competitions, and Williams was a target for Arsenal in the summer.

However, the £200,000 a week The winger appeared to be determined to stay at Bilbao, at least for this season, but that doesn’t mean a winter move is completely out of the question.

According to David Ornstein of The Athletic, Arteta personally wants Arsenal to sign Williams in Januarywith the 22-year-old’s contract also having a buyout clause of around £50m.

That said, a summer transfer is seen as more reasonable given the overall finances involved when wages are factored in. Williams is also in no mood to leave Bilbao at the moment, so Arsenal would seemingly have to make him an offer they can’t refuse.

The Euro 2024 star has completed more successful take-ons per 90 than any other Bilbao player in La Liga this season and is level with brother Inaki for shots attempted per game (WhoScored).