{"id":640343,"date":"2024-05-29T12:57:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=640343"},"modified":"2024-05-29T12:57:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T16:57:53","slug":"arsenal-transfer-mika-biereth-sturm-graz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/29\/arsenal-transfer-mika-biereth-sturm-graz\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Next Few Days\u2019 Arsenal To Make Key Decision on \u2018Terrific\u2019 U21 Striker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are expected to make a transfer decision on Mika Biereth in the coming days. The Danish striker returns to the club after a six-month loan spell at Sturm Graz.<\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal To Address Mika Biereth Future Amid Championship Interest<\/h2>\n<h3>A Mid-Season Loan<\/h3>\n<p>Biereth joined Arsenal\u2019s academy from Fulham in 2021 before going on back-to-back loan spells at Waalwijk and Motherwell. The Gunners were not convinced to keep the striker in January, sending him to Austrian side Sturm Graz on another short loan deal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/28\/aaron-ramsdale-euro-2024-england-squad\/\" target=\"_self\">Aaron Ramsdale Reveals Target for Euro 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since then, he has quickly established himself as a crucial player in Sturm Graz\u2019s attacking line, making 13 direct goal contributions in his 22 appearances for the Austrian Bundesliga runner-ups. The Gunners are now facing a decision on the 21-year-old\u2019s future as he enters the final year of his contract.<\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s Next?<\/h3>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/thedailybriefing.io\/p\/excl-here-we-go-at-chelsea-club-forced\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, the team will discuss the striker&#8217;s future with his representatives in the next few days. The club still haven\u2019t made a decision on whether to send the youngster on another loan spell or sell him permanently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/27\/arsenal-contract-emile-smith-rowe\/\" target=\"_self\">Gunners To Discuss Hale End Graduate\u2019s Future<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, a report from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/arsenal-fc-transfer-talks-mika-biereth-sturm-graz-b1160520.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Standard Evening<\/a> claimed that Sturm Graz are eager to sign Biereth on a permanent deal. However, the Austrian giants are facing competition from Sheffield United, who made a failed attempt at signing the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/en-gb\/2023\/10\/27\/manager-blown-away-by-arsenal-loanee-as-he-praises-youngsters-talent\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">terrific<\/a>\u201d youngster in January.<\/p>\n<h3>More Loan Decisions<\/h3>\n<p>Arsenal sent nine players on loan deals in the 202\/-24 season with mixed results. <strong>Kieran Tierney<\/strong>, <strong>Nuno Tavares<\/strong>, <strong>Omar Rekik<\/strong> and <strong>Albert Sambi Lokonga<\/strong> have done little to convince their respective clubs to push for permanent deals.<\/p>\n<p>However, Wrexham are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cjewg29jxz2o#:~:text=Wrexham%20will%20do%20%E2%80%9Ceverything%E2%80%9D%20they,secured%20promotion%20to%20League%20One.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eager <\/a>to keep goalkeeper <strong>Arthur Okonkwo<\/strong> beyond this summer despite competition from Birmingham. Another in-demand youngster is <strong>Brooke Norton-Cuffy<\/strong>, who made 40 appearances for Millwall last term.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/05\/28\/leah-williamson-extends-arsenal-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">Leah Williamson Extends Arsenal Contract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Charlie Patino<\/strong>, who spent the last campaign on loan at Swansea, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calciomercato.it\/2024\/04\/26\/patino-arrivano-conferme-puo-sbarcare-a-roma-o-alla-juve-con-fratini-cm-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">targeted<\/a> by Roma and Juventus upon his return to North London. <strong>Marquinhos<\/strong> has a buyout clause in his Fluminense contract, but it\u2019s not clear whether the Brazilian side are interested in signing the forward on a permanent deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are expected to make a transfer decision on Mika Biereth in the coming days. The Danish striker returns to the club after a six-month loan spell at Sturm Graz. Arsenal To Address Mika Biereth Future Amid Championship Interest A Mid-Season Loan Biereth joined Arsenal\u2019s academy from Fulham in 2021 before going on back-to-back loan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5073,"featured_media":635066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,30,3],"tags":[31789],"class_list":["post-640343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-news","category-premier-league","tag-mika-biereth"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}