4. Adrian Lopez – Atletico Madrid
The Atletico Madrid forward has been tracked by Wenger for almost a year now, but again, the Frenchman, according to reports, is unwilling to meet the player’s release clause in his contract (£14 million).
Despite being overlooked at Atletico, Lopez recently stated he is not fazed about the rumours linking him with a move to The Emirates and surprisingly wants to stay at the Vicente Calderon.
But I think if Arsenal stepped up their interest further and offered the 25-year-old a healthy wage package he would most certainly reconsider his stance.
5. Stevan Jovetic – Fiorentina
His flair, composure, vision, first touch and technical ability has drawn comparisons to that of the legendary Dennis Bergkamp – what else could you ask for?
The Montenegro international has found the net eight times in 16 appearances for Fiorentina so far this season and has an asking price of £25 million.
If Wenger truly wants to add another striker to the side before the window shuts then he would be wise to consider splashing the cash on the exciting Jovetic.
£25 million isn’t that much is it?
6. Stephan El Shaarawy – AC Milan
Wenger has expressed his interest in the young Frenchman in the past and with AC Milan struggling in Serie A this season, now would be the right time to turn interest into a move.
El Shaarawy, 20, has superb technical ability, an eye for goal and pace to burn, making him an ideal acquisition for Arsenal this January.
The two stumbling blocks for this deal to occur, however, is El Shaarawy’s loyalty to the Rossoneri, being a life-long fan of the club, and Wenger’s willingness to actually spend a hefty sum of cash for one unique talent.
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For me villa, schurle, kiessling or jovetic! jovetic my main hope!
We reali need player ma coach shld do sometin oh pls wenger
12-15m for a 29 y.o. striker with 6 caps.. Oh we bought one at the age of 26 with ~100 caps.. Seriously?
Gomis is so shite even the Lyon fans want him out, Giroud is five times better in every aspect. He’s a slow player with good heading ability, vey much in the Chamakh type.
Villa & Shaarawy are impossible deals.
Jovetic and Lopez are the only two possible (and worthwile) ones, but the former is very expensive at 25m. Lopez, who know. Maybe if atletico wants to sell, which is not the case right now, as they stand 6-7 points ahead real madrid.
we need an automatic striker who can face quickly into the net and see were to place the ball and tht it wil be the likes of benkeke, and david villa
Our team has no problem scoring goals but we do have problems preventing them,so why all this talk of centre forwards.It might behove us to add a decent centre back central Midfielder.The centre forward situation can wait till the summer
From what I saw Saturday we had better get a back up left fullback. Santos’ current form means that our entire season depends on Gibbs staying healthy.
Worry about the striker in the summer.