{"id":260945,"date":"2026-09-03T11:20:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T11:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/arsenal-fancied-to-make-january-move-for-junior-kroupi\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T11:20:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T11:20:52","slug":"arsenal-fancied-to-make-january-move-for-junior-kroupi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/arsenal-fancied-to-make-january-move-for-junior-kroupi\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal fancied to make January move for Junior Kroupi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to The Independent\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/arsenal-arteta-transfer-news-alvarez-vinicius-rogers-b3043232.html\" rel=\"nofollow  noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Miguel Delaney<\/span><\/a>, Bournemouth forward Junior Kroupi will almost certainly be an option for <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/topics\/arsenal\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Arsenal News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arsenal<\/a> during the January <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/transfer-rumours\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Transfer rumours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transfer<\/a> window.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Gunners had a good summer transfer window, but there will be some disappointment over their inability to land a marquee left winger. The likes of Morgan Rogers, Bradley Barcola and Vinicius Junior were linked with moves, but the Gunners eventually settled for a solitary signing in the position in Christos Tzolis.<\/p>\n<p>Tzolis has made a good start to his Arsenal career, but the club\u2019s faithful would have wanted a more high-profile solution after multiple exits. Leandro Trossard was sold to Besiktas shortly his World Cup campaign, while Saudi Pro League giants Al-Hilal are on the verge of announcing Gabriel Martinelli\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n<p><em>Delaney<\/em> now claims that Arsenal may have to re-enter the transfer market for a top quality forward in January, particularly with the injury record of <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/kai-havertz\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"33\" title=\"Kai Havertz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kai Havertz<\/a>, Martin Odegaard and <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/bukayo-saka\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"34\" title=\"Bukayo Saka\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bukayo Saka<\/a> in recent years. The reputed journalist believes Kroupi will \u2018almost certainly\u2019 be an option for the Gunners at the turn of the year.<\/p>\n<h3>Huge potential<\/h3>\n<p>Kroupi is primarily a centre-forward but can also operate as an attacking midfielder or on the left wing. He had a brilliant debut season with the Cherries last campaign, registering 13 goals from 33 <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/tag\/premier-league\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"21\" title=\"Premier League\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> appearances. The Frenchman was a regular substitute earlier in the season, but played a prominent role after Antoine Semenyo made the switch to <a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/topics\/man-city-news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Man City news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester City<\/a> in January this year.<\/p>\n<p>The youngster ended the season as the highest-scoring teenager in the English top-flight. He had an impressive shot-to-goal conversion rate of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofascore.com\/football\/player\/eli-junior-kroupi\/1426228#tab:season\" rel=\"nofollow  noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">25% in the division<\/span><\/a> and missed just 3 big chances. Hence, he is a player with immense potential. Kroupi is presently out for another 3 months with a foot injury sustained during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/crrvqkqq4p1o\" rel=\"nofollow  noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bournemouth\u2019s pre-season camp<\/span><\/a> in Austria in July.<\/p>\n<p>He should return to action by the festive period and his performances could be assessed by the Gunners before a possible winter swoop. If Arsenal find themselves in a strong position to defend their title ahead of the winter transfer window, they could be prepared to splash the cash on Kroupi. Bournemouth potentially view him as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/sport\/football\/article\/junior-kroupi-man-city-arsenal-barcelona-transfer-bournemouth-premier-league-r6s9pxrpc\" rel=\"nofollow  noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a3100 million<\/span><\/a> player and they could stand firm on their valuation, considering the inflated prices for transfer deals during the recently concluded summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--mvp-post-tags--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--posts-nav-link--><\/p>\n<div class=\"mvp-org-wrap\" itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\">\n<div class=\"mvp-org-logo\" itemprop=\"logo\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/new-logo.png\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/new-logo.png\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-org-logo--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Football Talk | Premier League News\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-org-wrap-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/football-talk.co.uk\/237310\/arsenal-fancied-to-make-january-move-for-junior-kroupi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to The Independent\u2019s Miguel Delaney, Bournemouth forward Junior Kroupi will almost certainly be an option for Arsenal during the January transfer window. The Gunners had a good summer transfer window, but there will be some disappointment over their inability to land a marquee left winger. The likes of Morgan Rogers, Bradley Barcola and Vinicius [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":260946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6807],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-260945","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leagues-cups"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}