Arsenal are ready to buy a reliable shooter during the winter transfer period, which is no secret, and even well known. Fourth in the Premier League, fifth in the Premier League looks pretty good, but there is still a big gap between their offensive stats and the top teams, Arsenal's 27 goals, Manchester City and Liverpool are 44 goals and 50 goals, this gap is no longer what current players can make up. Moreover, Aubameyang has completely lost his place under Arteta, and Lacazette is not particularly trustworthy.
To change the current situation, Arsenal can only choose the right person in the transfer market, according to the confirmation of multiple media, Arsenal's number one target in the winter transfer period is the Top Scorer Vlahovic of Fiorentina in Serie A, the 21-year-old Croatian scorer has scored 16 goals this season, the player with the most goals in Serie A. Moreover, compared to the other top scorers, Vlahović's value is not too high, Haaland's value has reached 150 million euros, while Vlahović is only about 70 million euros.
Young, talented, inexpensive and willing to play at Arsenal, such a player will indeed be of interest to Arteta. However, the current contact between the two sides is not particularly smooth, the problem is not in terms of transfer fees, the purple lily management of Vlahović's psychological price of 70 million euros is within Arsenal's affordability, but the player's demand of 300,000 pounds a weekly salary has exceeded arsenal's current acceptable salary range. It's not that Arsenal don't want to give, it's that there's no way to give now.
The £300,000 weekly salary is already a top salary in the Premier League, and all the players who can get this salary are superstars, and Vlahovic has no problem wanting this salary, but the other players in Arsenal's current squad have not yet reached this salary level. So, Vlahović gave such a high salary without proving himself in the Premier League, what would other players such as Saka, Smithroe, Martinelli and others think, these people have played very well this season.
Therefore, the salary problem is likely to directly affect the communication between the two sides, and without Vlahović, in fact, Arsenal have other candidates, but there is still a key issue to be solved, that is, the number of places in the Champions League. For a young player, a team with no Champions League place in the transfer market is completely different treatment, arsenal want to attract young and talented goalscorers, in addition to giving enough salary, but also to be able to ensure a Champions League place at the end of the season. Otherwise, it is difficult to attract the right person.