Arsenal may very well be about to welcome again a well-recognized face this winter, with a shock transfer seeing a star return to the Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners are open to enterprise this winter however need to stability Monetary Honest Play restrictions after a busy summer time. It is believed that defensive reinforcements are the precedence, both at centre-back or in defensive midfield.
There could also be a shock on the playing cards, nonetheless, within the type of Albert Sambi Lokonga coming again to London Colney.
TEAMtalk says that with the Belgian midfielder struggling for recreation time at Luton City on mortgage, the Hatters are contemplating terminating his spell and sending again to sender. Supervisor Rob Edwards would really like one other spot in his squad for a loanee and will need to be ruthless, with different Premier League teen Issa Kabore that includes rather more since arriving from Manchester Metropolis.
Whereas unlikely, the transfer is likely to be the proper alternative to kickstart Lokonga’s profession. The previous Anderlecht man was used as a No.6 most frequently at Arsenal, as a substitute for Thomas Partey – however Arteta has different choices there now within the type of Declan Rice and Jorginho.
Lokonga is a lot better as a left-sided No.8, a place that the Gunners have a scarcity of pure choices. There is a comparability to former star Francis Coquelin who returned on mortgage from Charlton Athletic in 2015 to spice up numbers however grew to become a shock hit within the first-team.Â
It stays extra seemingly, nonetheless, that Lokonga would merely go to a different membership, ought to he return to Arsenal. Burnley boss Vincent Kompany is a famous fan of the starlet.Â
Lokonga is valued at €12 million by Transfermarkt.Â
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