Something went wrong, please try on again late. Keep up to date with every Arsenal headline, transfer rumor and victory – pledge to the free newsletter sent mastermind to your inbox As Arsenal begin their preparations for the January transfer window, there are enough of positions they could be looking to strengthen in. Mikel Arteta has confirmed that the clubhouse have already drawn up plans for following calendar month, and with the futures of Eddie Nketiah, Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Flo Balogun all unsealed, the Gunners could be on the look out for a centre-forward.

meanwhile, Ainsley Maitland-Niles has attracted interest from Roma, which could see Edu move for a midfielder, while Bernd Leno ‘s dally time could mean buying a raw back-up goalkeeper is on the disturbance list. Another area where Arsenal are being linked with a sign is at right-back. The Gunners presently have four options to choose from in the situation, with Maitland-Niles, Calum Chambers, Cedric and Takehiro Tomiayasu all in the stream team. That is before you factor in that Hector Bellerin is calm on the books, despite spend this temper on loan at Real Betis. Despite having numerous options, the club are once again rumoured to be exploring the possibility of signing Tariq Lamptey from Brighton. The 21-year-old impress greatly last season on the south coast before picking up a long-run injury, but after an outstanding performance against Chelsea in their 1-1 reap at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night, it looks as though he is back to his very best. Lamptey has already played with Ben White, aboard whom he formed an impressive partnership with the Seagulls and it is for this reason that many are suggesting that the England under-21 international could be a beneficial fit at the Emirates. In theory, this could work for Arsenal .

Tariq Lamptey in action for Brighton and Hove Albion against Chelsea
Tomiyasu has been the undisputed beginning choice right-back this season since his deadline day arrival from Bologna, but beneath him the drop curtain off is viewed by many as something of a trouble. Maitland-Niles is acute on leaving, while Chambers has barely six months remaining on his sign and Cedric is yet to convince fans since his move from Southampton at the startle of 2020. Arsenal have seen the benefit of having top quality options to chose from over on the impart side of defense, with summer signing Nuno Tavares pushing Kieran Tierney into some of his best performances in a Gunners shirt recently, and the club could look to repeat the whoremaster on the justly.

however, it seems that Lamptey would not be Arteta ‘s ideal solution for the function. In the summer, rumor seemed to dictate that Arsenal had the decision between signing Emerson Royal and Tomiyasu as the end of the transfer window approached. many were calling for Emerson as basically a right-sided copy of Tierney ‘s aggressive attack runs on the leave, however, Arteta rather wanted more solidity. Having played centre-back in the past, Tomiyasu is incredibly ace defensively and has besides broadly played the ‘inverted full bet on ‘ function popularised by Pep Guardiola, where he has been asked to come inside to offer an supernumerary sink option in build-up dally .

Takehiro Tomiyasu has been hugely impressive since he joined Arsenal from Bologna on transfer deadline day in the summer
This has suited the Gunners perfectly, with the Japan international quietly being viewed as one of the signings of the season so far, while Emerson is so far to have very impressed after joining Tottenham rather. It is for this reason why Lamptey ‘s move to Arsenal does n’t quite make sense. The 21-year-old is a full-back more in the model of Emerson, who looks to bomb up and down the touchline, overlapping the winger and providing top quality rescue from wide-eyed areas. Given that Arteta generally likes to set up his slope in a 2-3-5 formation when in monomania of the ball, it is difficult to see Lamptey fighting his natural dip to get fore by hanging back and coming baseball diamond to complete the midfield trio alongside Thomas Partey and Granit Xhaka.

Of course, the Brighton man is only young and could be coached into suiting Arteta ‘s manner, but possibly it would be more apprehensible to go for person able of filling the character straight away. RB Leipzig ‘s Tyler Adams has been linked, and having played most of his career in midfield, it ‘s easy to see how the American could be a address fit. As Arsenal seek to push for the top four this temper, they can ill-afford to wait around for players to settle in should they arrive in January, and having shown his preference for a different type of actor wholly, it ‘s unmanageable to see Lamptey arriving at the Emirates any time soon .