{"id":29319,"date":"2025-01-08T11:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T11:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=29319"},"modified":"2025-01-08T11:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T11:01:09","slug":"ian-wright-arsenal-back-mikel-arteta-january-transfer-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/ian-wright-arsenal-back-mikel-arteta-january-transfer-window\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Wright Urges Arsenal To Back Mikel Arteta In The January Window To Save Their Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal legend Ian Wright has urged the club to back Mikel Arteta in the January transfer window to save their season.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wright’s comments came after Arsenal suffered a 2-0 defeat<\/a> at home in the first-leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final to Newcastle.<\/p>\n

The past month has seen Arsenal<\/a> drop points to Fulham, Everton and Brighton in the Premier League.<\/a><\/p>\n

They are six points off leaders Liverpool<\/a>, though Arne Slot’s side do have a game in hand.<\/p>\n

Missed opportunities to close the gap on the Reds have thrown their attacking struggles into the spotlight.<\/p>\n

Arsenal’s top scorer in all competitions this season is Kai Havertz with 12. In the Premier League he has 7, which is followed by Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli who have five and Gabriel Jesus one of a number of players to have three.<\/p>\n

This compares to Liverpool where Havertz is tied with Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo for goals in all competitions. With Mohamed Salah<\/a> romping away with 21 goals and a total of 38 goal contributions.<\/p>\n

Wright Urges Arsenal To Spend In January Window<\/h2>\n

Ian Wright believes Arsenal’s struggles in front of goal will continue unless they make a signing in the January transfer window.<\/p>\n

“You’ve got to look at the board now,’ the former Gunners striker told ITV. ‘I don’t know what you do but you’ve got to try and do something.”<\/p>\n

“Listening to (Newcastle star) Anthony Gordon. Once they go deep Newcastle, they feel there’s not going to be enough that’s going to breach them apart from what we saw with Martinelli and we didn’t see that often enough.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f "He [Arteta] needs help [in the summer]… If it carries on like this they're going to find it difficult to score."<\/p>\n

Do Arsenal need to rebuild their attack? #ITVFootball<\/a> | #CarabaoCup<\/a> | @IanWright0<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/54BOEuQJn7<\/a><\/p>\n

— ITV Football (@itvfootball) January 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n