Arsenal Left Short in Attack After Missing Out on Julian Alvarez, Vinicius Junior and Morgan Rogers This Summer
No Julian Alvarez. No Vinicius Junior. No Morgan Rogers. Three separate pursuits of an elite attacker, three failures, and Mikel Arteta enters the new Premier League season as champion with a front line that has lost four players and gained one. Alvarez will stay at Atletico Madrid after trying to force through a move to…
Arsenal find themselves lacking in attack after missing out on three high-profile transfers in the summer. Julian Alvarez, Vinicius Junior, and Morgan Rogers all failed to join the Gunners, leaving manager Mikel Arteta with a front line that lost four players and gained just one. Alvarez chose to stay at Atletico Madrid, while Vinicius Junior remained with Real Madrid, who improved their financial offer to keep him.
The only signing that occurred was Christos Tzolis, another left winger, but he is not the powerful forward Arteta had hoped for. Arsenal's previous attackers, Gabriel Martinelli, Leandro Trossard, Gabriel Jesus, and Ethan Nwaneri, all left the club, further thinning the forward options. The left wing is the most exposed area of the pitch, with Tzolis and Eze only able to fill in sporadically.
Centre forward is also a concern, with only Kai Havertz and Viktor Gyokeres as recognized options. The club's pursuit of reinforcements in the final third has been unsuccessful, leaving Arsenal to rely on their existing players and emerging talents, such as Bruno Guimaraes and Max Dowman.
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