After the losing Kai Havertz, Arsenal is faltering for the season – but can there still be a transfer solution?
The Gunners Forward, 25, is excluded until the summer with a torn hamstring.
Havertz sustained the injury during a training session about the training break of the club in the middle season in Dubai.
The German joins Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka in a busy treatment room in the Emirates.
Arsenal chose to sign a striker in January, despite a late £ 60 million bid for Ollie Watkins from Aston Villa.
They are now lagging behind with Ethan Nwaneri, Leandro Trossard and Raheem Sterling as their only fit striking options.
An option for the Gunners is to delve into the free agent market.
Arsenal has not yet completed their 25-man allocation for their Premier League team, according to De Spiegel.
As such, they can bring in a non -connected player at any time – even outside the transfer window.
The current list of free agent contains some well-known names, including ex-Chelsea striker Diego Costa.
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Costa scored 59 goals in 120 games for the blues and won two Premier League titles – but that was in 2017.
He left Brazilian club Gremio in January and only yielded 23 games once during a bare spell with wolves in 2022-23.
Uruguayan Maxi Gomez can also be a left field option for the Gunners.
The 28-year-old is surprisingly without a club after leaving the Turkish side Trabzonspor last month.
He has 32 caps for Uruguay and only five years ago was linked to a switch of £ 125 million to the Emirates.
Mariano Diaz has also been without a club since they leave Seville in the summer.
The former Striker of Real Madrid also has Lyon on his CV – but only collected 7 goals in 60 games during his time in the Bernabeu.
If the Gunners want a trip through Memory Lane, Carlos Vela and Lucas Perez are currently free agents.
Vela, who started his career at Arsenal in 2005, has scored for the fun with Los Angeles FC in the MLS for the past six years.
But he probably seems to stay in America, even though he recently loses his house in the Californian forest fires.
While Perez – who flopped in the Emirates in the 2016-17 season – left Deportivo La Caruna in January for 'personal reasons'.
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