Arsenal eye Welbeck and El-Haddadi as cover for crocked Giroud

Gunners hunt new strikers as deals for defenders bite the dust with just days to go in transfer window

Munir El-Haddadi
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With just five days to go before the transfer window slams shut the tension is mounting, just like the injury list at Arsenal. And talking of which... with Olivier Giroud set to be sidelined until Christmas has Arsene Wenger already identified a replacement? The Daily Express thinks so, and reports that the Gunners are "keeping tabs" on Munir El-Haddadi of Barcelona.

At just 18 years of age, the Barca frontman is invariably described as a "wonderkid" and yet he could come as cheap as £10m because of his age. El-Haddadi had a "sensational debut" for Barca on Sunday, scoring for the Catalan club in their defeat of Elche. According to the Express Wenger "has been watching him for quite some time" although if the Nutty Professor does want to land the youngster he'll have to act fast as Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain have also been linked to him.

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.