Why Jovic could end up being Arsenal's perfect January signing
Stefan Bienkowski
- 25 Jan 2022 10:45 CST
- 7 min read
It would seem fair to say that Arsenal aren’t exactly having the best of times in this year’s January transfer window.
Although the club have shipped out a number of wantaway youngsters to other clubs on loan, they have yet to sign a top-class player to help them push on in the second half of the season.
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Alexander Isak seems too expensive, Dusan Vlahovic would prefer a move to Juventus and Dominic Calvert-Lewin is unlikely to leave Everton anytime soon.
However, according to the Sun, the London club could turn to plan C or D and make a move for Real Madrid back-up forward Luka Jovic.
And while the Serbian forward is by no means the most high-profile name on the club’s shortlist, he could end up being a rather smart signing indeed.
He would be a very cheap option
Despite having a contract until 2025, Jovic is only valued at €20 million because he’s struggled to make any real impact at Madrid since joining the club in 2019.
Signed after his exploits in the Bundesliga with Eintracht Frankfurt, Jovic has managed just three goals and four assists in 47 appearances for the Spanish side in two and a half years. In other words, he’s free to go if Arsenal make a decent offer.
However, a transfer fee may not even be required. Last season Jovic was sent back to Frankfurt on loan to pick up game time and a similar move to the London club could suit all parties involved.
As such, Jovic could prove to be an entirely inexpensive addition to Arteta’s squad in the January window.
He still has plenty of talent
Considering Jovic’s misfortune at Madrid fans would be forgiven for thinking Jovicc is already well into his career, but the player is only 24 and still has plenty to offer at the highest level.
As he showed at Frankfurt before his move to the Spanish capital, with 27 goals and seven assists in a single season, Jovic is perfectly capable of being an outstanding forward player at the highest level. And last season he bagged four goals and one assists in just 887 minutes of Bundesliga football.
The Serbian international’s stock may be low now, but under the right manager and in the right team, he could quickly return to the kind of form that forced Madrid to hand over €63 million for him in the first place.
