Arsenal are planning a move for a £28m 'serial winner' who looks like Saka

Arsenal Title hopes suffered another setback on Saturday evening, with a 1-1 draw Brighton and Hove Albion.

Mikel Arteta's team started A Premier League Game without any Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard or Kai Havertz, Three of last season's top four scorersFor the first time since the German joined the club, and one could say so, with the Gunners lacking attacking skill throughout.

Last season, Arsenal scored 91 goals in the English Premier League. Their highest number in a single league campaign Since the title-winning season of 1952/53, while they became the first team in English Premier League history to score more than 5 goals in six separate away league matches during a calendar year through 2024, Exceeding the previous record Sunderland in 1892 and Manchester City in 1937 out of five.

However, the Gunners have scored one or zero goals in nine of their 20 league games so far this season, in context, the runaway league leaders. Liverpool They have only done so twice, confirming that attacking reinforcements will be needed in January, especially given that their star player Saka is set to be sidelined for a period of time.More than two months“.

Arsenal is chasing the Bundesliga winger

With Saka out for some time and Ethan Nwaneri – who scored against Brighton last Saturday – set to spend time on the sidelines with a muscle problem – he is calling for recruits this winter.

In fact, according to a report by Connor Hamm for Football InsiderThey have set their sights on Arsenal Bayern Munich Winger Kingsley Coman.

You can £28 million via football transfersThe French winger is currently under contract in Munich until June 2027.

How Kingsley Coman compares to Bukayo Saka

He is rated as a “serial winner” by European football expert Zach Lowe on TwitterWith the winger winning the league title During the first 11 seasons Of his senior career, two with Paris Saint-Germainone with Juventus And eight at Bayern Munich, this could be a move that helps Arsenal finally get over the line themselves.

No player has He won the title in four Europe's 'big five' leagues, a fact the Gooners hope will bring about changes if Koeman moves to north London this month.

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Any Arsenal wide player able to sign in the January window will be tasked with replicating what Saka produces, something that will certainly not be easy for anyone, but how do Koeman and Saka compare?

Well, the England international has been blown out of the water by his involvement in the goals but there are some traits they share in common, with FBRef's “Similar Players” feature Which suggests that Saka is one of the players most similar in Europe's top five leagues to the Bayern striker.

Since August 2022, Saka has played twice as many minutes as Koeman, with the Englishman amassing more goals and assists, as well as a frighteningly impressive goalscoring figure – an xG figure of +9.2.

However, no Arsenal team will be able to get their hands on him in January with Saka's quality, but Koeman's numbers suggest he could be a more than useful release.

The Frenchman has succeeded in nearly half of his attempts during this large sample size, which is something Gabriel Martinelli He has been widely criticized for not doing that anymore, so Koeman's quality dribbling ability – which has seen him register more progressive carries per 90 than Saka – could add an extra dimension to the Gunners' attack.

He also scored an impressive number of goals Four this season in just 885 minutes On the pitch for Bayern, so while Koeman is unlikely to be Arteta's dream, long-term solution, he could be a much-needed version this month.

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