Former Arsenal man Paul Merson insists the Gunners need a new and better striker because Eddie Nketiah and Gabriel Jesus are simply not good enough for their team.
Jesus and Nketiah have been Arsenal’s main strikers over the last two seasons, but none is a 20-goal-per-season striker, which is a major problem for the Gunners.
They need goals to win the league and other competitions, so they have to get someone who can score them.
Speaking about their striker situation again, Merson told Sky Sports:
“I think Arsenal need a forward, if I’m going to be honest.
“I don’t think they are going to win it with Jesus and Nketiah upfront.
“I think they will take them so far, which they did last season. I think that would be the case.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
Goals have been a problem for us, and to be honest, we could solve that problem if we sign a top striker.
But a striker will not come cheap, and we probably must wait until the end of the season to sign one.
For now, Nketiah and Jesus need to step up their performance and make us believe we can bank on them.
If they continue to underperform, we will struggle to make meaningful progress and might not make the top four this term.
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Well. I believe that, Arsenal should not panic buy . The FA cup is gone , and Champions league no chance. The League is gone because , not juts one we have so many passengers . Kai Havrez, Zenchenko , and some people like White and Martenelli or nout of form .
4 to 5 Players only are playing at a good level.
So I would rather hold the money in Winter , sell players if can , Like Niketah and will go big for a striker in Summer .
We are not Chelsea or United and have limited money . Like Klopp last season , Arteta has to accept that this season he is gone and he has done so many mistakes . Learn from his mistakes and come back stronger next season.
That’s all well and good waiting for the summer but top 4 is in jeopardy with Spurs now only one point behind. Our form is the worst of the top five and needs a rapid turnaround. If we don’t make Champions league then why would a top striker sign. It’s not all doom and gloom as Arsenal spirit looked good up until the own goal and the second one was at the end of play chasing a goal. The problem is Arteta and his management of squad players . What does Emile,Trossard and others need to do to get a run of games instead of a few minutes. Saka Martienelli and Odegaard look burnt out and need a rest.
Who could have ever possibly known that???
Oh…the “negative” fans
We don’t need a striker, not one.
Sack EDU and save Arsenal his wages. Why are we paying Edu thousands of pounds each week in wages, just to sit in the ground and watch Arsenal? Why is he not negotiating in south America for the so called bargains from his non existent connections. What’s the point of paying him as head scout when he brings nothing new to the table? Arteta claims he cannot find a way to purchase a striker in January, but is that not Edu’s Job, what are we paying him for?
Nketiah has never been quite good enough. Can’t tell really with Reiss Nelson because of insufficient game time.
I don’t understand the contract system at all. Having read that these new and improved contracts protects the club from players leaving on a free, I just cannot accept the notion that either of them were worth £100,000 per week. Both are about 24 and not really good enough to be regular starters.
What are they worth to a buying club? We are already still saddled with Cedric who understandably won’t budge because of his ludicrous pay cheque so what happens then? Looks like both of them will sit on their contracts and earn over £5m per year for being not quite good enough.
I rate Jesus as a quality team player but a striker he ain’t.
Edu has been a failure, it’s time to admit it and replace him with someone who really knows their stuff and can spot future talent without the biased influence of agent “acquaintances”. I don’t want to say he is corrupt, but I can say that he is lazy. He should be covering the globe scouting and looking for raw talent who can be weened into the starting eleven within a season. This is what the cash strapped clubs in Italy are doing, and also how Brighton continue to overachieve. With our recourses Arsenal are a disgrace. Saliba was not an Edu discovery and it is astonishing that we haven’t produced a decent defender since Ashley Cole, unless of course you count Kierran Gibbs ( oh no).