“Stupid Of Us”, He’s The Missing Piece”: Arsenal Fans React To Late £60M Bid For Ollie Watkins

Arsenal made a late January bid to sign Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins as they look to replace Gabriel Jesus. 

The Gunners are on the search to sign a striker this month due to an ACL injury that Jesus suffered earlier in January. He will likely be out for the remainder of the season.


In recent weeks, they have been linked to Benjamin Sesko from RB Leipzig, but they turned their attention to Premier League star Ollie Watkins.

Journalist Fabrizio Romano confirmed on X that Arsenal saw a £60m bid rejected by Aston Villa for Watkins. He said: “Aston Villa have rejected today an official bid from Arsenal for Ollie Watkins. Proposal around £60m turned down as Villa are not happy with timing of the bid.”

Arsenal fans took to social media to react to the news, as a Watkins move to Arsenal could help solve their striker woes…

Aston Villa could replace Ollie Watkins with Chelsea attacker

If Arsenal manage to pull of a deal for Watkins in the remaining days of the transfer window, Villa may look elsewhere to land a replacement for the England international.

Chelsea were reportedly in talks with Villa to swap attacker Joao Felix in order to sign Jhon Duran, but seeing as Duran looks more likely to move to Saudi Arabia, Villa could view Felix as a replacement for Watkins.

The Portuguese attacker has made just 12 appearances for Chelsea this season, and if they could make a move for him, it would leave Villa less reluctant to sell Watkins to Arsenal.

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