Arsenal failed to continue their recent momentum in their first match after a more than a week's break, losing by one goal to Championship side Nottingham Forest and exiting the third round of the FA Cup. Although Arsenal are not interested in the FA Cup, it is absolutely unacceptable to be fouled by the Championship team below, and the loss highlights the problem of the team's lack of midfield manpower. After the launch of the Africa Cup of Nations, Arsenal only had three midfielders available, and most of the loss this time was due to the loss of the midfield, so the team urgently needed reinforcements for the midfield, and recently it was announced that Arsenal's midfield reinforcement target was announced.
According to renowned Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano, Arsenal are extremely interested in Lyon midfielder Bruno Guimar es and Juventus' Arthur Melo. Arsenal's desire to reinforce the midfield is well known, but the team did not recklessly buy people, so the scope was gradually narrowed, leaving Bruno Guimarães and Artur, Arsenal very much recognized the former's ability, but due to Lyon's asking for a transfer fee of 45 million euros, so there have been no negotiations with Lyon, the latter is in the same situation, Arsenal has not discussed any transfer matters related to Artur with Juventus, but the team has recently considered the possibility of a loan.
Bruno Guimarães and Artur are both power players, but it is more difficult to introduce the former than the latter, after all, Lyon is asking for 45 million euros and they do not want to let go of their main players in the middle of the season, so the latter will be easier to shoot, because Artur is not the inevitable main force in the team this season, so Juventus does not refuse to send him away by borrowing in the middle of the season.
In addition to the above two, Arsenal's midfield signing list also surprised a young Brazilian midfielder, playing Danilo of Palmeiras in the Bajia. I believe that everyone is not familiar with this 20-year-old Brazilian midfielder, and Danilo is one of the hot young players in the Brazilian football world in recent years, he has played for Palmeiras in 83 games, handed over a list of 5 goals and 5 assists. Danilo, who plays as a defender, can also make a cameo appearance in the midfield, which can fill many vacancies in the midfield at once, and he is also very suitable for Arsenal's young transfer policy in recent years, plus Arsenal's technical director Edu is also good at finding treasures in Brazil, so Danilo's transfer is not impossible. Arsenal reportedly offered Palmeiras €20 million plus €5 million in prize money, which is very attractive to Brazilian teams, and while Palmeiras doesn't want to let Danilo go in the middle of the season, the team won't give too much of a hindrance if they want to join Arsenal.