Arsenal make supply for £63m CF who’s outscoring Isak

It has been one other season of disappointments for Arsenal this yr.

Mikel Arteta’s aspect could not get previous Paris Saint-Germain within the semi-finals of the Champions League regardless of creating sufficient probabilities; they fell to Newcastle United within the semi-finals of the League Cup and did not even get previous the Third Spherical of the FA Cup.

Worse but, after operating Manchester Metropolis so shut within the Premier League for the final two seasons, the Gunners utterly fell away from Liverpool this yr, who’re at present 15 factors forward with two video games to go.

One of many causes the Reds have had such a snug time of it’s the unimaginable, talismanic type of Mohamed Salah, one thing Andre Berta and Co are seemingly intent on bringing to the Emirates subsequent season within the form of a striker who’s outscoring Alexander Isak this yr.

Arsenal’s striker search

As issues stand, Arne Slot’s Champions-elect have scored a whopping 17 objectives greater than Arsenal, so it is hardly been stunning to see the Gunners linked with a number of prolific quantity nines in latest weeks, like Jonathan David and Benjamin Sesko.

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The previous is about to be obtainable totally free this summer time, and it isn’t onerous to see why so many groups, together with the North Londoners, are vying for his signature, as in simply 48 appearances for LOSC Lille this season, the Canadian poacher has scored 25 objectives and offered 12 assists.

Sesko, however, would value Arteta and Co round £67m, however as he is nonetheless simply 21 years outdated and has managed to rack up 21 objectives and 6 assists in 44 appearances for a crew in one in every of Europe’s prime 5 leagues, it could be onerous to argue that is not a good valuation.

Nevertheless, to essentially take that subsequent step, the Gunners want to herald somebody with a very exceptional file, somebody like Viktor Gyokeres.

In accordance with a latest report from Portuguese outlet A Bola, Arsenal stay extremely within the Swedish worldwide and have stepped up their pursuit of him.

The report has revealed that the membership have now made a suggestion to the Swede’s agent price round £7m a yr, which is about £135k-per-week, and that they’re ready to make a suggestion of as much as €75m (£63m) to Sporting CP.

It will be a expensive switch to recover from the road, however given his unimaginable goalscoring capacity, it would be greater than price it, particularly as he may develop into Arsenal’s personal Salah.

Why Gyokeres might be Arsenal’s personal Salah

So, the very first thing to say is that this comparability clearly has nothing to do with their place, as Salah nearly solely performs off the fitting, whereas Gyokeres is an out-and-out centre-forward.

As a substitute, the latter may develop into Arsenal’s model of the previous within the sense that his sensational goalscoring capacity may fireplace the membership to glory subsequent season, making him a talisman for Arteta’s aspect.

It is not onerous to think about this occurring both, as in 50 appearances throughout all competitions and totalling 4038 minutes this season, the Swedish “monster,” as dubbed by analyst Ben Mattinson, has scored 52 objectives and offered 13 assists, which comes out to a mean of 1.3 objective involvements per recreation, or one each 62.12 minutes.

In distinction, Isak, who has lengthy been a goal for the Gunners, has scored 27 objectives and offered six assists in 41 appearances, totalling 3234 minutes this season, which comes out to a mean of a objective involvement each 1.24 video games, or each 98 minutes.

Furthermore, the Stockholm-born phenomenon can also be main the race for the European Golden Boot, with 38 objectives in simply 32 league video games, whereas second-placed Salah has 28 objectives to his title in 36 league appearances.

Finally, whereas it may cost the membership a reasonably penny, they need to be doing all they’ll to signal Gyokeres this summer time, as his merely sensational capacity to place the ball behind the web may see him develop into a Salah-esque talisman for them subsequent yr, and cause them to the title.

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