Perhapsà Arsenalà signed Kimà Kallstromà on loan fromà SpartakMoscow as an act of goodwill shouldà the Gunners want to pursueà Spartak'sà Majeedà Waris, on loan atà Valenciennes, in the summer transfer window.Ã
Arsenal managerà Arseneà Wengerà signing anà injuredà Kallstromà as a temporary backup player makes no sense, so youà have to assume there is an ulterior motive.
Wengerà has re-established aà dialogueà withà Spartakà by taking onà Kallstrom.
Spartakà desperatelyà do not wantà Kallstromà at the club and areà paying his salary in full "for theà first six weeks" of his loan stint at Arsenal, perà DominicFifieldà at theà Guardian.
"Re-established?"à Hasà Wengerà done business before withà Spartak? Yep.
He offloaded then 19-year-old prospectà Quincyà Owusu-Abeyie toà Spartakinà 2006.
Why didn'tà Arsenal targetà Warisà in the January transfer window?
By Jan. 4, he was already announced as aà Valenciennesà player, and his aim was to make Ghana's 2014à FIFAà World Cup squad.
"I want to play in my first World Cup with Ghana,"à Warisà said, perOluwashinaà Okelejià atà BBC Sport. "To achieve that I know I have to keep playing and competing like others."
Theà key phrase being: "I know I have to keep playing," sinceà Warisà was more likely to start week in, week out for a strugglingà Valenciennesà team (18th inà Ligueà 1)à than Premier League contending Arsenal.
Whenà Wengerà made the unusual decision to signà Kallstrom, it could be possible thatà Warisà factored into the equation.
The presence ofà Yura Movsisyan atà Spartak, who has scored 12 league goals, andà formerà Borussiaà Dortmundà centre-forward Lucas Barrios meansà Waris' future at the Russian club is unclear.
Waris' time withà Spartakà was always going to be complicated.
- He does not speak fluent Russian.
- Unaià Emery, who "moved to sign"à Warisà fromà Hacken, perà UEFA.com, was sacked a few weeks after theà deal was concluded.
- Last season,à Waris'à campaign was ruined by a knee injury, perà Spartak's official website (h/tà en.rsport.ru).
Great TalentÃ
Warisà had one shot on target this season forà Spartakà Moscow, and he scored from that shot in a 1-0 win over Rostov.
The defining attribute ofà Waris' season on loan atà Valenciennesà so far is his finishing.
His shooting accuracy percentage (70), perà Squawka, is world class, and you can see why he has been so effective when you watch his emphatic first-time side-foot volley in a 2-2 draw againstà Sochaux.
Warisà can play out wide having spent portions of the game as an inverted left winger againstà Sochaux.
He can get past players as shown in a 2-1 win over Nice.
He sidestepped centre-back Mathieuà Bodmerà and laced a shot past goalkeeper Davidà Ospinaà just before central midfielderà Fabriceà Abriel's last-ditched tackle.
Warisà can play out wide having spent portions of the game as an inverted left winger againstà Sochaux.
On the right wing against Nice, he delivered an accurate cross for teammateà Tongoà Doumbia, on loan fromà Wolverhampton Wanderers, to head home.
Areà Arsenal Targeting A Forward?
Yes.
In an exclusive toà Bleacher Report, Spanish football expertà GuillemBalagueà revealedà thatà Real Madrid's 21-year-old backup centre-forwardà Alvaroà Morataà has agreedà to join the Gunners in the summer transfer window.
But,à Balagueà also said,à "There's still some way to go before he [Morata]à dons an Arsenal shirt."
Should the proposedà Morata-to-Arsenal move collapse, maybeà Warisà could become a realistic possibilityâ⬔given thatà Wengerà will be talking toà Spartakanyway regardingà Kallstrom.
In the hypothetical situation ofà Warisà moving toà Arsenal, there would be no language barrier becauseà Ghana's official language is English.
Acclimatisationà will not be a problem becauseà he spent a period of time in England's schooling system and scored 36 goals in 21 games forà HartpuryCollege, perà Hartpury.ac.uk.
Heà was not a prodigious talent likeà Niià Lampteyà or aà FIFAà U-20 World Cup hero likeà Dominicà Adiyiah.
Warisà is only 22 years of age, but his footballing experiences are akin to a journeyman.
He had attended theà Right to Dream, he had an invaluable experience atà Hartpury, he was a member of the Nike Academy and he usedà Swedish teamà Hackenà as a stepping-stone into professional footballâ⬔all before making a financially life-changing decision to joinà Russian clubà Spartak.