Interest in Joshua Zirkzee from top European clubs is growing, and the striker could be on the move in the summer.
Arsenal has been monitoring him this season, and he remains on their shortlist as they consider which striker to sign in the summer.
While the Dutchman may not be the most prolific forward, he is still one of the standout players in Serie A.
His goals and overall contribution have played a significant role in Bologna’s push for Champions League qualification.
Arsenal is keen on his profile, but they are not the only ones. Inter Milan vice president Javier Zanetti has hinted that they are also interested in signing him.
He said, as quoted by Metro Sport:
‘Zirkzee is a great champion.
‘We are talking about a young, talented, intelligent, physically very strong player.
‘Someone like that would be useful to any great team aiming for important goals.
‘Let’s see… if the opportunity arises we can think about it.
‘With Zirkzee, Lautaro [Martinez] and [Marcus] Thuram we would have a young and strong attack. They would give us peace of mind.’
Just Arsenal Opinion
Zirkzee has established himself as one of the best strikers in Italy, so it is not surprising that one of the country’s top clubs wants to add him to its squad.
That will not stop us from winning the race for his signature if we get serious about signing him.
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They can have him, his conversion rate is terrible and not an improvement on what we already have. Why spend that hefty fee for a player who has a low conversion rate and will not offer better finishing.
Agreed. This would be a bit of a head scratcher to me.
Not a single sensibly thinking Gooner believes for even a moment that we are at all TRULY after this nothing special player.
So lets move on to the next false rumour andnot waste any time on this obvious non starter.
It is not just about goals. The new striker would also have to fit into Arsenal’s fast passing style, in other words, have a good pass percentage in the final third. Also he would be most of the time having to face a low blocking team, which he may not be used to, having little space to move through.
Finally his conversion rate would need to be clinical as most teams just defend against Arsenal with counter attacking play.
So a good set of technical attributes including 80% pass success and strength to hold up the ball as a main TargetMan, otherwise every time he gets the ball he would give the ball away and then we would be under constant counter attacking play, which is not good seeing as we play a high line attack.
Strong Ball retaining TargetMan that can hold up the ball and score 20 plus goals are hard to find these days in the mold of: Haaland, Henry, Bergkamp, Ibrahimovic, Drogba, Ronaldo, Lewandowski etc.. All world class Target men that can hold up the ball or push through a low blocking wall.
Inter Milan already have Thuam and Martinez two class strikers. Also Arsenal are not interested, maybe his agent is creating the news.
The only man for the job is Sporting Lissabons striker, Viktor Gyökeres. If the Arsenal leadars are the only ones who doesn’t know that, well… Bye-bye dreams of trophies. And if AFC don’t buy him someone else will. If that someone is a member of the EPL Gunners is in trouble. Gyökeres in Liverpool! In Chelsea, in Man United, in Tottenham…And if Pep get him to play with Håland and Foden… Then Arsenal better win this season, they wont do it the next.
For Zanetti to be this forth-coming about a player who is contracted to another club could be a pointer that Inter have gone beyond mere “interest” as far as this player is concerned.
Could this now put to rest the incessant rumours linking him to Arsenal? I honestly hope so
Thanks @Daveg He will be a great signing! These are also the gooners who didn’t believe havertz career was dead.