Arsenal transfer news and opinion as football.london brings you a lowdown on the latest January transfer window

Unai Emery and Mikel Arteta have both since commented on Watkins, but neither offered clear updates, with the latter particularly tight-lipped. Nonetheless, it would appear Arsenal are keen on signing Watkins in the winter window, though a big spanner has been thrown in the works.

Marrying his attacking and creative attributes together, Watkins’ off-ball running is also a key part of his wider contribution to his team going forward. Across the Premier League, he is one of the men most likely to stretch the opposition’s defensive line with his intelligent movement.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta: "Things are going well. We won the last four games in the Champions League and winning in this competition is very demanding. "But overall the team has been very consistent,

Arsenal had to go down their transfer pecking order before deciding to launch a bid for Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins according to former Gunners midfielder Emmanuel Petit

"PSR has changed everything. It's a bigger decision now." European football expert Julien Laurens added: "I think Arsenal looked at other potential signings like Benjamin Sesko at Leipzig. "I guess maybe towards the end you see clubs who are are more open too, as we saw with the bid for Jhon Duran.

Fourteen in the Bundesliga last term is no great shakes either, but they came at a rate of one every 109 minutes, with a goal every 125 minutes across his whole RB Leipzig spell significantly better than the records of Havertz (229 mins per goal), Gabriel Jesus (210) and any other option Arteta has to call upon.

Arsenal may have to break the bank to sign Ollie Watkins before the January transfer window closes as reports suggest Aston Villa have revealed their huge asking price for the striker.

The latest Arsenal transfer news, views and rumours with updates on Manfred Ugalde, Ollie Watkins, Viktor Gyokeres, Jhon Duran and more

Three possible line-ups that Mikel Arteta could go for if he completes the signing of Ollie Watkins have been revealed.

There's less than a week remaining of the January transfer window and Premier League clubs could be in line for a busy few days as Patrick Dorgu, Jhon Duran and Marcus Rashford and more edge towards m