{"id":756802,"date":"2026-09-01T16:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/756802\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T16:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:08:12","slug":"transfer-news-live-deadline-day-latest-deals-updates-crystal-palace-could-hijack-fofana-man-city-in-final-talks-for-enzo-fernandez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/756802\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer news LIVE: Deadline Day latest deals & updates – Crystal Palace could hijack Fofana & Man City in final talks for Enzo Fernandez"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal’s hunt for a game-changing forwardpublished at 15:57 BST<\/p>\n

15:57 BST<\/p>\n

\"\"Alex Howell
BBC Sport Arsenal reporter<\/p>\n

It was always going to be difficult for Arsenal to improve the side that won the Premier League and reached the Champions League final, but if the Gunners don’t bring in a forward supporters will be disappointed. <\/p>\n

As the Gunners showed in their 1-0 win over Aston Villa last night in the Premier League, they have one of the best squads in Europe but there are still question marks over their attack. <\/p>\n

Bukayo Saka looks like he is getting back to his best after injury issues last season and has scored in the first two league games this season. <\/p>\n

But it is the centre forward and left wing positions where questions remain. <\/p>\n

Viktro Gyokeres scored 21 goals in all competitions but sometimes looks as though he doesn’t fit the Arsenal style of play, while Kai Havertz although technically gifted is not a natural finisher. <\/p>\n

Arsenal have pursued Julian Alvarez and also Vinicius Jr but at this stage of the window it looks like they are going to be unsuccessful in their search for a game-changing forward. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal’s hunt for a game-changing forwardpublished at 15:57 BST 15:57 BST Alex HowellBBC Sport Arsenal reporter It was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":756803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-756802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}