Arsenal set for 'significant' windfall as striker 'completes medical' ahead of £12.6m transfer

Arsenal's transportation warchest is reportedly astir to person a steadfast boost, arsenic erstwhile striker Mika Biereth is connected the verge of joining Ligue 1 giants Monaco.

The Gunners are yet to marque immoderate additions to their squad this month, overmuch to the chagrin of supporters who are crying retired for a caller attacking enactment successful the aftermath of Bukayo Saka and Ethan Nwaneri's injuries.

Arsenal's attacking failures were laid bare successful their caller 2-0 EFL Cup semi-final first-leg defeat to Newcastle United, wherever Mikel Arteta's broadside registered 3.76 Expected Goals (xG) but failed to breach Martin Dubravka's goal.

Alexander Isak was among the scorers that evening and is said to beryllium a premier attacking people for Arsenal, but the Gunners are highly improbable to propulsion disconnected the signing of the Scandinavian striker this period fixed that helium is rated astatine implicit £100m by Newcastle.

Athletic Bilbao's Nico Williams - who is believed to person a merchandise clause of astir £50m - would correspond a cheaper alternative, but determination are inactive concerns implicit whether Arsenal person the fiscal musculus to bring him to the Emirates successful January.

Biereth 'completes Monaco medical'

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However, Arsenal are present seemingly acceptable for a currency injection acknowledgment to Biereth, who has completed his aesculapian with Monaco up of a imperishable determination from Sturm Graz, according to Fabrizio Romano.

The 21-year-old joined the Hale End academy setup from Fulham successful 2021 but ne'er made a first-team quality for Arsenal, who loaned him retired to RKC Waalwijk, Motherwell and Sturm Graz during his clip successful North London.

The second past struck a £4m woody to motion Biereth permanently past summer, and the Denmark Under-21 planetary has been successful scintillating signifier this season, registering 14 goals and 5 assists from 25 appearances successful each competitions.

A abstracted study from the Evening Standard claims that Arsenal inserted a 'significant' sell-on clause into Biereth's Sturm Graz contract, and Monaco could extremity up paying a full interest of £12.6m if each add-ons are hit.

The 21-year-old's power to Les Monegasques volition spot him nexus up with different erstwhile Arsenal striker - Folarin Balogun - but the USA planetary has lone managed 11 goals successful 42 games for the Ligue 1 side.

Might Arsenal regret letting Biereth leave?

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Arsenal signed the embryonic Biereth aft a scarcely believable play successful Under-18s shot with Fulham successful 2020-21, wherever helium struck 21 goals successful arsenic galore games successful the Under-18 Premier League, arsenic good arsenic laying connected 13 assists.

The Dane's way to the archetypal squad astatine Arsenal was initially blocked by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette, but helium rapidly adapted to the demands of Under-21 shot with 11 goals successful 21 Premier League 2 appearances successful the 2021-22 campaign.

However, alternatively than beforehand Biereth to the first-team ranks, Arteta brought Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz to the club, though neither antheral has yet proven susceptible of becoming a 20+ goal-a-season striker for Arsenal.

Nevertheless, Jesus has dilatory started to revive his vocation this winter, portion Havertz remains a favourite of Arteta's acknowledgment to his physicality and movement, truthful Biereth would lone beryllium a third-choice centre-forward astatine Arsenal close now.

The Scandinavian youngster has proven his competence successful the Champions League this play arsenic well, though, and it would person been fascinating to spot what helium could person offered to an Arsenal broadside inactive blameworthy of toothless displays present and there.

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