Amadou Onana £50m Arsenal transfer mystery leaves striker questions with simple answer

Arsenal have been exploring potential deals they could pursue in the January transfer window despite their established financial scrutiny due to Profit and Sustainability rule restrictions. Amadou Onana is understood by football.londonto be one of the players that the club appreciate although any move is not at any advanced stage.

Everton would be looking for in excess of £50million for the Belgian who arrived in 2022 and has gone on to become a key part of Sean Dyche's side. In the manager’s first game for the club he faced the Gunners and started Onana who had a brilliant display but interest from Arsenal has persisted since his Lille days.

Despite news that Arsenal are actively on the lookout for opportunities, the links to Onana and in particular the talk of the Belgian’s price tag have sparked something of a debate and even frustration amongst supporters. The question is if Arsenal are considering a £50million move for a midfielder like Onana should that not instead be directed toward a centre-forward considering Mikel Arteta’s side’s troubles in front of goal?

A fair question perhaps but when the reality is revealed it becomes very simple in its answer. The first point to make is that the links to Onana are no indication that the club do have £50million to spend and this is purely what the Toffees are thought to want at the very minimum for their star midfielder.

Any move the Gunners make this winter will need to be creative to fall in line with the tightrope they’re treading until the new season and summer transfer window. This therefore means many players are simply out of the club’s grasp this winter.

This includes of course the strikers that Arsenal would want to upgrade their front line. Make no mistake, a