Mikel Arteta now has no escape route after failing to even land a single forward player during the January transfer window. He has reached a point where he now has to put his trust in the Academy players who have proven that they are ripe for the senior team.
Nathan Butler-Oyedeji who is now 22 years old, is very much ready to wear the shoes of Kai Havertz and lead the Arsenal front line. He is a natural striker who can also play as a winger. He has featured for the first team and Mikel Arteta gave him a chance in the Champions League against Dinamo Zagreb.
He is a versatile player and he can play that role of a striker very well because that is what he has specialized in. The only thing that he lacks is experience because he has not gotten very many chances with the senior team. He has gone for a couple of loan spells but those are not enough.
Nathan Butler-Oyedeji also has some good pace that can be really helpful to the Arsenal team. He can really help the team by tapping in the balls that are being delivered by the creative players.
Nathan Butler-Oyedeji can also fill the shoes of Kai Havertz because he is a utility player who can also be played in different positions. He can easily switch positions with Leandro Trossard in the central striking role. This makes him a very good and reliable player and also very difficult to predict his movement.
If he can rotate in different positions, then he can cause a lot of problems to the defenders of the opponent teams because they will have a very difficult time in marking him.
He can also fill in the shoes of Kai Havertz because, he will add more to the squad depth. Arsenal currently has a very thin squad and his addition to the team will be of great help to the team.
