Mikel Arteta plans to strengthen his attack during the summer transfer window by apparently looking to add a proven striker to his squad.
With this clear, a number of top forwards have been linked with a move to the Emirates Stadium. The Spanish tabloid Nacional has attempted to identify the five forwards that Arsenal are interested in.
They deny reports that Arsenal would attempt to sign Barcelona’s Ferran Torres and Raphinha. A few weeks ago, it was claimed that Barcelona would want to sell the two to reduce their pay costs, and Arsenal was apparently interested in both. However, Nacional reports that the Gunners will not pursue the two; instead, they’re targeting these five forwards.
– Ivan Toney (the club is considering a move for).
– Benjamin Sesko (his £43 million offer is too tempting).
– Viktor Gyokeres (for whom the club is reportedly willing to spend £85 million).
– Mathys Tel at Bayern Munich has apparently captured their attention.
– Victor Osimhen (is a major target, but there are concerns about his price tag).
With these five strikers targets, it may come down to who Arteta wants the most.
Given the Gunners’ ambition to strengthen the squad all-around, it may also come down to who is inexpensive; a transfer for a winger, a midfielder, and a goalkeeper might all be in the works.
That being said, with all of the transfer talk surrounding the Arsenal attack, it is nearly guaranteed that our Gunners’ offense will be significantly improved next season.
But which of those choices do you think would fit into Arteta’s plans the best?
Daniel O
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Maybe I would rather spend big on Florian Wirtz to replace Havertz in midfield while Havertz takes the false CF role. Our movement would be too sleek for defenders to track.
Imagine Wirtz, Havertz and Trossard interchanging positions in attack. No defense will survive that
Sesko or Gyokeres…..fits the younger player still to be developed
TONEYS valuation will go down in a few years because of his age…probably same for Oshimen ( how old is he though? ) other two seem to fit the ethos at the club and gives us 5-6 years of them playing. Either would make us stronger
Osihmen is 25
“But which of those choices do you think would fit into Arteta’s plans the best?”
Does anyone even know what “Arteta’s plans” are?
I’ve seen our general game plans in action (if that’s what Daniel O means), and none ever seem to rely on an out & out striker, but on good goalscoring throughout the team.
Havertz has shown how legal our attack is with a striker that scores.
All without reducing the effectiveness of Odegaard or our wingers, and not affecting the level of our defense.
We need a finisher to be in that striker position, someone who can confidently put away chances created.
For example, Gimenez has proven he’s a finisher for several years now. No need to spend 100 million, we just need a finisher.
Use the savings to upgrade the midfield and have backups.
Lethal, not legal, blame spellcheck.
It was a good Freudian slip.
How about Jonathan David and Joshua Zirkzee? Both of them should be in this list…
On time: as far as of today, we made the right call selling Balogun
Santiago Gimenez ticks all the box’s.
bring home Biereth and fill that position for free and not astronomical wages
he is proving an excellent finisher of chances, and even creates a few
as pointed out on other threads, striker is a useful but not urgent compared to defensive midfield for instances, or Saka cover, Saliba cover
my big concern with the new striker debate is for a guaranteed goal scoring upgrade then we are talking >£100m which leaves too little for the quality defensive midfield (probably 2 for Elneny, Partey, Jorginho going and allowing Rice to develop at #8)
I’ve just looked at his stats on Wikipedia, and they’re quite impressive, with 10 goals in his last 20 appearances. He’s 6ft-2 at just 20 years old, and English born. Does it get any better🤔?