Gabriel Martinelli is primed to be the biggest winner of Arsenal's January transfer window.
Of the six first-team players to depart the Emirates Stadium last month, there's no doubt the biggest one was former captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who agreed to a mutual termination of his contract.
The 32-year-old has since joined Barcelona on a free, leaving behind a major problem for Mikel Arteta to solve in north London.
Whilst Aubameyang was by no means enjoying his most productive season in front of goal, he had been Arsenal's most reliable and consistent scorer since arriving from Borussia Dortmund in the 2018 January transfer window.
So with the Gabon international gone, the big question is who will take over from him as the club's chief goalscorer?
In Eddie Nketiah and Alexandre Lacazette, Arteta now only has two senior recognised centre-forwards for the remainder of the season having also allowed Folarin Balogun to leave in January.
But with the aforementioned duo registering just three Premier League goals between them so far this season, the Arsenal manager may need to look for another solution in order to ensure a lack of goals doesn't cost his side in the top-four race.
Luckily for the Spaniard, Martinelli could be the answer having been compared to Arsenal legend Thierry Henry.
Since arriving at the Emirates in the summer of 2019, the Brazilian has predominately played from the left-wing, but he's been tipped by former Gunners striker Alan Smith to take a similar route as the Frenchman.
"It might just be Martinelli's time," Smith wrote for Sky Sports. "So far, he has been given a chance on the left and he has taken that chance. In order to be given an opportunity to play through the middle you have got to show you are in good form, you are fully fit and you are playing with confidence.
"He has done that so this could be a good time to move him inside. There is precedence there, famously Thierry Henry started on the wing and moved into the striker position to great effect.
"Arsenal's formation and forward line can be quite fluid as well with a lot of interchanging of positions with Bukayo Saka, Emile Smith Rowe and Martin Odegaard so it's not like he will be positioned through the middle all the time.
"But it is certainly an option for Arteta and one he should not be afraid to have a look at.
"We have not seen enough of him through the middle yet and it is such a different challenge to playing out wide."
Whether Martinelli can successfully be converted into a centre-forward remains to be seen, but he has been given the green light to follow in Henry and Aubameyang's footsteps.
Of course, what links the latter duo is the Arsenal no.14 shirt.
Henry wore it during his first spell with the Gunners, Aubameyang inherited it from Theo Walcott upon his arrival and it's safe to say the shirt number was good to both players.
Following Aubameyang's exit, the Arsenal no.14 shirt is vacant once again and if Martinelli gets his way, it won't be for much longer.
"I want to follow into Aubameyang’s footsteps, he’s a captain, he wears the number 14 shirt," he told ESPN. "That is a symbol for this club and of course, I hope to be very successful at Arsenal."
Martinelli has worn no.35 since for Arsenal in his two-and-a-half years at the club, a rather low squad number for a first-team player - although Granit Xhaka would argue - but with Aubameyang gone, he is one step closer to securing his dream shirt number next season.
