There is nary concealed astir Arsenal’s tendency to motion a caller out-and-out striker successful the existent transportation window.
After failing to fortify the position, contempt their champion efforts, during January, injuries to some Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz left the Gunners without a earthy centre-forward for the past fewer months of the campaign. It has been argued that having a fig 9 whitethorn person helped the squad to adjacent the spread and enactment much unit connected Liverpool astatine the apical of the array successful the closing weeks of the season.
It’s thing that Arsenal volition look to effort and enactment close this clip around. There person been beardown links to Benjamin Sesko and Viktor Gyokeres, though astatine the clip of writing, determination has been nary breakthrough successful presumption of an statement for either.
If that continues to beryllium the case, past Arsenal whitethorn person to crook to different targets arsenic they look to debar a repetition of the January window. A fewer names person been mentioned, but 1 sanction who doesn’t look to beryllium liked by Arsenal, contempt changeless links with a determination to the Premier League, is Victor Osimhen.
The Napoli striker is expected to permission the Italian nine this summertime aft spending the 2024/25 run connected indebtedness with Turkish broadside Galatasaray. He scored 37 goals successful 41 appearances successful each competitions passim the season.
He is owed to instrumentality to Napoli but is disposable for transportation this summer. He has reportedly already turned down a accidental to determination to Saudi Arabia.
Osimhen has a reported €75 cardinal (£64.3m) merchandise clause successful his contract, but reports successful Turkey from Fotomac claim that it’s lone valid until July 15. If a merchantability has not been made by then, Napoli could perchance trim their asking fee.
It’s an accidental that Arsenal should astatine slightest look astatine successful their hunt for a striker. Osimhen’s goalscoring grounds has been awesome wherever helium has played, and it’s goals that Arsenal yet privation to adhd to their squad for the caller season. He has shown that helium volition people if you proviso him with chances.
Given the asking prices for Sesko (around £60m) and Gyokeres (around £68m), if Arsenal tin get Osimhen for little than that, past helium volition beryllium worth for money.
One interest whitethorn beryllium his wages - it’s thing that Arsenal volition person to see and effort and negociate if they bash marque the move. Even if they bash motion him for a cheaper price, wages could marque the woody much costly than Sesko oregon Gyokeres.
However, if they tin person the subordinate to trim his wage expectations, past it’s a woody that the nine should pursue. Osimhen volition bring conscionable what is needed to the Emirates Stadium, but a woody volition person to beryllium right.
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