Former Arsenal man Paul Merson has recommended Romelu Lukaku to the Gunners after the Belgian returned to form to help Inter Milan reach the final of the Champions League.
Lukaku struggled with injuries at the start of the campaign, but he has been back to his best in the last few weeks and seems unstoppable.
Arsenal do not have an accomplished out-and-out striker in their squad and the goals are shared by many of them in the team.
The Gunners will solve that problem in the summer and Merson believes Lukaku should be considered, even though the striker flopped at Chelsea.
He says via The Daily Mail:
‘Arsenal need a centre forward. They need someone who is going to get them 25 goals a season.
‘I’m not having a go at Gabriel Jesus. He’s a very good player and he’s been a brilliant signing. But he’s not going to get you the goals you need on his own.
‘Romelu Lukaku might be available. The 30-year-old is an out-and-out centre-forward. He will stay up front and back into players. That might help Arsenal.’
Just Arsenal Opinion
Lukaku is one of the finest strikers around and has done well in the last few weeks. However, his form at Chelsea might be a clear sign he is not suitable for Premier League football.
If we add him to our group, we must be prepared to do a lot of work to help him score regularly.
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At 30 years of age it is too late to train him to play the Arsenal way. He has the physical but needs better passing percentage and some creative ability to gel in the team as a number 9. Arsenal need a striker that resembles inbetween a Drogba and a Berkamp of Henry or cantona or make those types of intelligent technical physical centre forward target men.
The trouble is where do you find someone who resembles between a Drogba, Bergkamp, Henry or Cantona…….any suggestions ?
You don’t ,players today apart from a handful of payers Don’t come close to yesteryears players , 2000-2010 was the prems finest hour.
Defenders alone ,Ferdinand,terry Stam Campbell vidic to name a few ,personally would love to see todays forwards play against those mentioned and see how they would get on ,mind you footballs got so girly that any challenge from a proper defender would result in a red card and a whole seasons ban ,so sad how the game as gone .
I would take him on a year loan
so we could spend in other areas
Merse was brought up as a Chelsea fan , so no wonder he talks nonsense. A non event anyway so lets move on.
To suggest Lukaku, in his second spell, @ Chelsea was a flop is complete and utter nonsense. Lukaku never really got a chance under Tuchel. I remember his first few games in the 21/22 season the guy was unstoppable. He eveb bulldozed our defenders that year. Bizzarly he was dropped from the squad not long after. I think Tuchel had something personal against him. Ironically i believe Lukaku was the reason for Tuchel’s departure as Chelsea lacked a proper striker and still do. Not to mention the millions & millions of pounds that was flushed down the drain.
ps. Lukaku is the player of which the most money was spend in transfer fees. Another transfer could take his total transfer fees close to half a billion pounds.
lukaku not cant stay at a club long enough why ,only hit the hights at everton clear waste of high wages ,better younger players long term