As Arsenal's game against Wolves on the 29th needed to be postponed, the big win over Norwich city also became Arsenal's last match in 2021, and then if there is no accident, it should be against Manchester City at the top of the table on New Year's Day, according to Arsenal's recent trend, facing Manchester City is not completely unmatched, at least it can bring threats to the other side. At the same time, after entering January, the opening of the transfer window also announced that many teams will have a large number of personnel transactions, and it was recently rumored that Arsenal will sell people as the first move in this transfer window.
Roma are reportedly looking to bring in Ainsley Maitland-Niles on loan plus a €10 million buyout fee, for which Arsenal are not opposed to selling the England player, and the two sides are currently negotiating on fees and other costs, believing that the possibility of reaching this transfer is very high. Originally, Ainslie Maitland-Niles had already joined Everton at the beginning of the season, but in the end Mikel Arteta refused to release anyone, and he only had 472 minutes of playing time this season, but his performance was satisfactory, and it was really puzzling to release Ainslie Maitland-Niles before the African Cup of Nations began, after all, Thomas Partey and Mohammed Herneny would be away for a while, and it was really puzzling to let go of the available people at a time when the midfield was short of manpower. Bearing in mind that Arsenal's midfield is only Granit Xhaka and Lokunga, plus the extremely young Charlie Pattino, such a depth of midfield is really worrying, so Arsenal should bring in midfield to deal with the midfield shortage.
According to Spanish media reports, Miquel Arteta has agreed to the management's signing of Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona to complement the midfield. Barcelona, in order to meet the requirements of La Liga, they hope to clean up the redundant members of the team to free up space to sign new recruits, and Coutinho, who has been performing less than ideally, has borne the brunt of the purge. Coutinho has become the fringe of the team this season, and only has 501 minutes of playing time in La Liga, so the new coach Xavi hopes to let go of Coutinho as soon as possible, and Arsenal has been involved with the Brazilian international before, but after Martin Erdegaard determined to shoot, now Arsenal is interested in him again, the player himself also wants to leave the team due to lack of playing time, after all, he is one of the best players in the Premier League during his time for Liverpool, if he wants to return to the peak, the Premier League is indeed his first choice. Now there is only one question left before the transfer is reached, that is, whether Barcelona can accept the loan and buyout to let Coutinho go, otherwise it is really difficult to reach a deal with Barcelona's asking price and the player's own salary.