Arsenal fans have expressed their displeasure with forward Raheem Sterling on the back of his performance in their UEFA Champions League meeting with Girona on Wednesday (January 29).
Arsenal’s executives are in the process of making important transfer decisions this week but it could be argued that the most significant of them all took place in the summer, when they decided to loan midfielder Fabio Vieira to Porto.
Arsenal are linked with a January transfer window deal to land the Brighton ace, while the Chelsea man is currently loaned at the Emirates.
Goals from Jorginho and Ethan Nwaeri saw us come from behind to beat Girona and secure a spot in the Champions League last-16
Arsenal have filled their quota of Premier League loans after signing Neto and Sterling in the summer, and according to the journalist, there’s nothing in Sterling’s deal that would allow this loan to be cut short. Therefore, signing Ferguson on loan this month is very difficult, and the £60m man may be headed elsewhere.
John: Yes. Sterling can still be a success. Arteta needs to tell him to run at the defenders more, even if he sometimes loses possession. Rather than keep passing the ball square.
Full analysis and Arsenal talking points after safe progression past Girona on the final matchday of the Champions League league phase.
A few hours after Justin Kluivert's hat-trick for Bournemouth at Newcastle on Saturday, I watched another player – someone with many similarities who once possessed that confidence. He scored 56 goals in two seasons for Manchester City,
Oleksandr Zinchenko claimed Sterling is “unstoppable” at his best, which Arsenal fans are yet to see come to fruition. Ahead of the Gunners’ contest against Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League, Trossard revealed that he has a great relationship with Sterling and revealed that he always helps the young players behind the scenes.
Mikel Arteta has dismissed the idea of sending Raheem Sterling back to Chelsea in order to sign another Premier League player on loan. The Gunners are desperately short of attacking options following the serious injuries sustained by Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus.
Mikel Arteta's side came from a goal down to win and secure their place in the Champions League knockout phase.
There is a slight worry for Mikel Arteta in that goalkeeper David Raya missed the tie through injury and his replacement Norberto Neto had a disastrous debut. However, Arsenal seem quietly confident Raya will be available to face Manchester City.