Mikel Arteta and Alexander Isak (Photograph by Alex Pantling, Ian MacNicol/Getty Pictures)
Former Arsenal midfielder Henri Lansbury has urged the Gunners to signal a 25-goal-a-season striker, with Alexander Isak wanting the perfect candidate.
Isak scored the successful purpose with an outstanding header for Newcastle of their 1-0 win over Mikel Arteta’s aspect on the weekend, and there’s been loads of speak in regards to the Sweden worldwide being firmly on the north Londoners’ radar.
Isak was praised on commentary throughout that recreation for his “completely sensible” play for that purpose, and it’s little shock to see the 25-year-old now being talked about as a high precedence goal for Arsenal by retailers like Staff Speak.
Arsenal may certainly do with changing Kai Havertz, or a minimum of having a barely totally different profile of ahead alongside him, and Isak seems to be like he matches the invoice.
Arsenal want a 25-goal-a-season striker
Lansbury, talking on the launch of Ladbrokes’ “Gaffer of all Accas”, didn’t title any particular names, however mentioned he’d prefer to see his previous membership signal somebody who can supply round 25 objectives a season.
“I’ve mentioned it for a few years now: I believe they want an out-and-out striker; I believe they want a quantity 9 who will go and rating them objectives,” Lansbury mentioned.
“Who that’s? I don’t know. It’s a troublesome one. They want somebody who’ll assure them 25 objectives a season.”
Isak is unquestionably the right candidate, as our columnist Charles Watts has mentioned.
“I’ve at all times mentioned that Alexander Isak is ideal for Arsenal,” Watts instructed us not too long ago. “He can be on the high of my record of recent forwards if he have been to grow to be out there.”
Arsenal followers will probably have a number of different concepts of their minds as nicely, with high strikers like Victor Osimhen, Viktor Gyokeres and Benjamin Sesko additionally wanting spectacular in latest occasions, although it stays to be seen how real looking they’d be.
