The Brazilian has scored just one Premier League goal so far this season. Injuries have again restricted his minutes on the pitch, as they did last term where he scored 11 times in 26 games.
Jesus has never been prolific, with his best goalscoring campaign in the league being the 2019/20 season where he scored 14 times for Manchester City. Eddie Nketiah doesn't seem to be the answer either.
He hasn't started a league match in over a month, despite being the club's joint-top goalscorer in the competition with five goals. Arteta appears to be looking elsewhere for an answer and Watkins could be the man.
Arsenal transfer news: Ollie Watkins has been in the form of his life for Aston Villa
Watkins has been in the form of his life at Villa since Unai Emery replaced the sacked Steven Gerrard last year. Last season was his best in the Premier League, scoring 15 times and also registering six assists.
He already looks on course to beat that record this term, with Sunday's strike at Bournemouth his eighth of the season to go with another six assists. Watkins is proving last year was definitely not a one-off and has earned recognition for that at international levelWith Ivan Toney banned and Callum Wilson out through injury, Watkins has pushed his case to be England's second-choice striker behind Harry Kane. That wasn't the case as recently as August.
Southgate picked Nketiah over Watkins in his squad for the matches against Ukraine and Scotland. Since then, Watkins has taken his game to the next level, while Nketiah has fallen out of favour for club and country.
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