Former Arsenal ahead Robert Pires has advised his former membership that they should signal an actual striker to win the Premier League.
The Frenchman gained two league titles throughout his time in England and was a part of the famed Invincibles group within the 2003-04 season the place he was surrounded by unimaginable gamers.
Arsenal have did not win the league title since that season and has all the time fallen quick, particularly up to now two seasons, ending second to Manchester Metropolis on each events.
They presently discover themselves six factors behind leaders Liverpool, who’ve a sport in hand, having netted the fifth-highest quantity of targets this season.
On the similar time, they boast the joint-best defence however criticism has landed upon their assault with Kai Havertz, Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard all failing to step up sufficient all through the season.
An damage to Bukayo Saka, their talisman, has shined a light-weight on their deficiencies in assault and so they have been linked with a number of attacking signings within the January window.
One report claims that they’ve been supplied three strikers with good information together with Fiorentina’s Moise Kean (16 targets in 26 video games this season), Atalanta’s Mateo Retegui (19 in 29) and Spartak Moscow’s Manfred Ugalde (16 in 22).
Whereas one other report states that curiosity in Jhon Duran might be a moot level as Al-Nassr is closing in on a possible transfer having positioned a agency provide on the desk.
Earlier within the month, RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko was quoted however a January transfer seems unattainable and so they must wait till the summer time earlier than transferring ahead with their curiosity.
However Pires has advised his former aspect to signal Napoli’s Victor Osimhen who’s presently on mortgage at Galatasaray. Having netted 16 targets in 2o video games, the 26-year-old stays among the best accessible strikers in Europe.
Described as ‘world-class‘ by Jose Mourinho, he might be a powerful choice for the Gunners in the summertime in addition to a number of different golf equipment.
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Pires: ‘Arsenal want an actual striker’
Pires, talking completely to the Every day Mail, advised his previous membership who they should signal if they’re critical about successful trophies beneath Arteta.
“I feel the criticism [of their frontline] is certainly unfair.
“I don’t like to check totally different instances however I used to be a fortunate man as I performed with nice gamers.
“At the moment soccer has modified a little bit bit but when we analyse the present Arsenal gamers then the standard is there. In my view, Arsenal want an actual striker as a result of in the event that they need to win some video games they want this like Liverpool and Man Metropolis have.
“In fact, I respect plenty of the choices of Mikel Arteta and Arsenal lots however in my time I used to play with Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Nwankwo Kanu so we had three actual strikers so it was simple generally to attain targets. However possibly that is the brand new soccer, so we now have to adapt to the philosophy.
“Victor Osimhen. He has an excellent profile to play for Arsenal and the gamers comparable to Gabriel Martinelli, Martin Odegaard, Havertz and Bukayo Saka.
“However I’m not the proprietor or supervisor – I’m simply an Arsenal fan who will all the time assist them. If we will usher in one participant although it’d need to be Osimhen.”