Arsenal now favourites ahead of Man United for crucial £60m January signing

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Ahead of the January transfer window, Arsenal are now considered favourites ahead of Manchester United to sign Pedro Neto.

The Wolverhampton Wanderers winger has been in brilliant form this season, and although currently injured, Neto is receiving a ton of attention.

Arsenal have often been linked with the winger, and TEAMtalk are now reporting that the club are considered favourites.

Moreover, the report also reveals that Wolves would demand £60m for their star man, a sizable but possibly fair price tag.

Arsenal’s interest in Pedro Neto is said to be born out of an injury to Bukayo Saka earlier in the season.

Although Saka didn’t miss much football at all, the possibility of him being out did prompt the idea that sufficient backup was lacking.

Reiss Nelson is clearly not someone that Mikel Arteta trusts for long periods, a player who is rarely handed a start.

Moreover, that leaves just Leandro Trossard as back up on either wing – it’s certainly an area Arsenal can improve.

And although Nelson is loved by fans, Neto would be an obvious upgrade for Arsenal in January.

Arsenal are now ahead of Man United in pursuit of Pedro Neto in January

Judging by reports, Arsenal have three clear targets in mind for the coming windows, and they’re all from the Premier League.

Neto is joined by Douglas Luiz and Ivan Toney in Arsenal’s most-linked list.

All three would be excellent additions for Mikel Arteta’s squad, but they simply won’t all join in one window.

Moreover, Arsenal may even struggle to sign one of the above unless they sell a player first, such are the FFP restrictions in the Premier League.

It’s difficult to say which player would add more to this Arsenal squad right now, but given Luiz would probably go straight into the XI, he does seem the smartest buy.

However, he might also be the most unavailable.

Douglas Luiz signed a new contract with Aston Villa not so long ago and is now crucial to their huge success under Unai Emery.

Neto and Toney would improve Arsenal’s squad in January, but would likely have to compete for their place in the starting side.

It’s certainly an interesting period for The Gunners, who may deem an opportunity too good to miss in January.