Edu given fresh midfield transfer incentive as Arsenal suffer Bruno Guimaraes set back

What Is Arsenal's Next Move In The January Transfer Window?

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There are just five days left of the January transfer window and time is running out for Arsenal to get some much needed deals done.

The Gunners have already secured loan departures for Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Flo Balogun, Pablo Mari and Karl Hein, as well as a permanent move for Sead Kolasinac, but it is thought that they will need to bring in some players if they are to secure Champions League football for the first time in half a decade this season.

They are currently focusing on two key positions, with goalkeeper Matt Turner being heavily linked as Bernd Leno moves closer to the exit door, and strikers Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Alexander Isak being targeted as the primary objective in Dusan Vlahovic appears to have chosen to join Juventus instead.

However, it now appears that they could be about to recruit a player in yet another position.

understands that the Gunners are on the lookout for a central midfielder this month.

Edu remains hopeful of securing a loan move for Juventus' Arthur without an obligation to buy, while Paris Saint-Germain's Gini Wijnaldum and Youri Tielemans of Leicester have both been linked.

It has however, generally been considered that midfield is not necessarily a position of priority for Arsenal right now.

The Gunners have had their struggles this month, with Albert Sambi Lokonga