Arsenal have put their January 2025 signing of striker Mateo Retegui on hold due to injury, but will try again in the summer when he recovers.
Talk Sport reports that the Gunners have a plan to strengthen their attacking game in order to fight for the 4 championships that are still on the way, including solving the problems of two injured players, Bukayo Saka and Raheem Sterling.
And the 25-year-old star caught the eye with 14 goals and 4 assists from 25 appearances in all competitions in his first year in the ‘La Deia’ uniform.
However, the plan had to be shelve after Retegui suffer a muscle injury in the last Serie A match, a 3-2 win over Empoli, and had to leave the match in the 21st minute while the damage was assess to determine how long he would be out.
The January 2025 reinforcement is not something that can be made up, as head coach Mikel Arteta himself has reveal that he is open to all possibilities.
“Yes, we are prepare. If something happens, we can do it,” Arteta said at his pre-Ipswich press conference (Dec 27).
“It is true that the situation of Saka and Sterling was not expect to come at the same time because it was more predicted in advance that there would be a reason, for example in the defensive unit.”
“But the work in that part has been complete – however, if there are any unexpect events, we are still open to all possibilities.”
“Our determination is to squeeze ยูฟ่าเบท the maximum potential out of the forces we have.”
Reteki has just move from Genoa to Atalanta, with a contract until June 2028 , and is value at just £ 30m .