Arsenal will be looking to buy a great striker this year. Many people expected them to pull off that deal in the winter, but they didn’t. And now Paul Merson has issued a caution over Arsenal’s striker search. He believes the Gunners should focus their hunt on the Premier League or risk “stunting their growth” while Manchester City and Liverpool fly away.
Merson implied that Arsenal would have regretted (had they done so in the winter) or would regret signing someone like Victor Osimhen, who has not been tried and tested in the Premier League.
“You bring him in, and he takes five or six months to settle. The figures that Liverpool and Manchester City put up now, if you start the season and lose three of your first five games, you are out of the title race,” Merson stated on Sky Sports.
“These teams just keep winning and winning and winning. You have to bring someone in who you have seen in the league and know they can do it.
“How many players have we seen who have scored thousands of goals abroad and they come in this league and can’t hit a barn door?”
Having said that, Arsenal have been linked with some of the best Premier League strikers in the league right now.
Ivan Toney, who has scored two goals in two games since returning from his betting suspension, Ollie Watkins, who has ten goals in 22 games, and Dominic Solanke, who is in peak form with 13 goals in 22 games, have all been linked.
What are your opinions on Merson’s claims? Do you believe Arsenal should limit their striker hunt to the Premier League, or they should gamble on someone like Osimhen to be the answer to their need for a goal-scoring machine similar to Erling Haaland?
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No! How will it take him five or six months to adjust?, How many months did it take him to adjust at his previous clubs including Napoli?.
Cunha of Wolves is the most impressive footballing central attacker I have seen this season in the EPL.In many ways he is similar to Jesus, but he is more powerful physically and can carry the ball at pace from deep positions to commit defenders.He also has the awareness to link up play which should appeal to Arteta in that his recruitment would not necessitate a major change in tactics which would be the case of the likes of Toney or the overrated Osimen were brought in.
And who told you oshimen is overrated
Having watched him in the AFCOM I think I I can justify my considered opinion.You may of course differ but that is your prerogative.
In what way is Osimhen overrated?
I watched the Brentford – Man C game last night, I don’t think Toney is the man we need. He just looked tired (for someone that has been out for months, not injured). I don’t know if that’s more Man C’s credit or his own downfall?
Maybe someone like Ferguson from Brighton, he has premiership experience, and still quite young. Personally I’d like to see Vlahovic do his thing for us. I think he’d adapt well and the link-up between him, Saka and Martinelli would be mouth watering.
Strikers who came from other leagues and hit the ground running Halland, Aguero, Henry Drogba, Van Nisteroy
Osimhen is the real deal. He looks overhyped watching him play in the AFCCON. The quality around him is below what he’s used to at Napoli. I might even dare to say that he’s better than Haaland but that is just my opinion.