Bologna’s striker, Joshua Zirkzee, has a great incentive to consider a move to Arsenal. Frank de Boer, the former Netherlands manager, believes that the ex-Bayern star should consider a move to Arsenal, despite interest from other clubs.
Even though we already know the Dutch man is talented, he’s still developing. If you watch him, you’ll see that he brings more to the game. However, it will take time for him to become a striker who consistently scores 20 or more goals. This season, he managed to score 11 league goals in 34 games. Being a complete forward might require “some effort” from the 22-year-old.
That said Calciomercato relayed that de Boer faced questions about whether Zirkzee should remain in Serie A or consider a move to the Premier League. The Dutchman suggested that his fellow countryman consider moving to the Premier League, specifically to Arsenal. He elaborated on Arsenal’s ability to trust prospects and be patient with them as to why he believes this move would be ideal.
“I have great respect for Arsenal; they have patience; for example, they had it with Arteta, who didn’t start well. At certain clubs like that, you are already out. And they have played very well in the last two years; Inter also play well,” he said.
“If I have to say someone, I prefer Arsenal, because they have the patience to wait for him and give him confidence.”
Indeed, Arsenal has a reputation for being patient with their stars, as demonstrated by their signing and integration of Havertz, as well as the patience they had in Arteta’s first years.
But in this case, it ultimately comes down to whether Mikel Arteta has the patience to develop Zirkzee into a top-notch No. 9, who can lead Arsenal to become a title-winning team, or if he prefers a ready-made striker like Alexander Isak.
That said, Zirkzee’s Bologna deal reportedly includes a £34 million release clause, as recently revealed. Arsenal shouldn’t have much trouble securing that deal if they so desire.
Darren N
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I think everyone can “see” that Isak would be the better striker today. But I would be very surprised if Isak joins us. I doubt Newcastle would want to let him go and if they do, it would be for at least 100 million. I don’t think Arsenal would pay 100 million for a striker after recent outlays and considering our needs in midfield as well.
I would be the happiest Arsenal fan if we sign Isak but I think we should be realistic.
Having said that, I would scratch my head a little if we actually signed Zirkzee. I don’t see him as a player who can make us better from day one, and given Arteta’s lack of rotation, Zirkzee would not exactly get the minutes to develop.
Exactly, I pretty much said the same
What we need is someone with superb decision making in the final third. We have skillful players, Martinelli, Jesus, what we lack is elite decision making inside the final box. We have squandered so many good chances, not just of scoring goals but assisting as well, even far more numerous cases of failed assists than scoring opportunities. Very easy to miss those but they are crucial.
Improvements in the final goal tally can come from 2 ways, either getting a striker who can capitalize on almost every chance he gets, or a striker who can create more chances for others to score by elite decision making and passes within the box. The former types may cause some imbalances in the way Arsenal plays currently and might require more adapting to, the latter can immediately make more impact imo. Even if the lethality of our forwards remain the same, having more key chances can make up for that.
if we want to win epl we have to sign elite players at any possible prices
isak is 80m worth
de jong 70
nico 43
any left back 30m
that is enough for arsenal keeping partey and jesua this is not to match and it’s affordable
A good midfielder to partner Rice and complete striker that can score goals with slightest opportunity. Sell Partey and other under performed players. Keep Jesus because he can play in the wings to support the likes of unpredictable Martinelli.
Zirkzee is a wonder to watch, funny he is Dutch and reminds me of Dennis bergkamp exactly! He is an absolute wonder! But he is not ever going to be an out and out striker imo. When a player is so good at what they do you exploit that with players around them! You don’t try to make them something they are not! So for how wonderful he is, why try to change him! He would be a great player for arsenal attacking football, but to be used as a provider for a proper goal scorer! His goal record is not good, it never has been! But imagine oddegard with zirkzee running left to right feeding isak! Now you are leaving city behind you with an attack like that and the best defensive system backing you! It’s just my opinion, but I don’t see him being the leathal striker we need! Yes you can try to progress a player, but if they are so good at what they do then promote that, don’t fix what ain’t broken
it’s funny how the must have big name strikers of January, i.e. Toney and Osihmen, have more or less vanished from conversation
Isak was not being spoken about in January but come May is the best out there
Isak has only scored 16 open play (non-pen) goals in the PL this season, and paltry 2 assists
Haarland is the best out-and-out striker we may ever see, but he still misses plenty of very good chances which JA readers assume Arsenal’s new striker will convert everytime
it is not the guaranteed quick fix that JA readers assume, if indeed we actually have a problem at all based PL 2024 form we are scoring 3 goals per game (extrapolated to 38 games = 114 goals a new PL record)
the new striker will still miss chances, have patches of bad form, injuries, may not adjust to PL – and the ever changing list of ‘must have’ striker names further emphasises there are no guarantees
striker hardest position to play, hardest to recruit, and most expensive to recruit
all reasons why Edu/Arteta are unlikely to go for the big names and perhaps surprise us with a lower cost option like Zirkzee or Sesko
Exactly my thoughts on the striker signings. I would not be surprised if we got a valuable backup striker rather than a blockbuster signing ( I don’t think even Isak qualifies for that.)
Sesko, Zirkzee or even Brobbey is most likely and Arteta will most likely stick to Havertz from the start of the season as our main CF.