Arsenal – which strikers could they try to sign? Alexander Isak, Benjamin Sesko, Santiago Gimenez, Victor Osimhen, Victor Gyokeres analyzed | Football news

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Arsenal need attacking reinforcements to support striker Kai Havertz and keep their title bid alive after Gabriel Jesus suffered a suspected long-term injury – but who could they sign?

Aleksandar Isak – Newcastle

Arsenal are credited with a long-standing interest in Alexander Isak.

Newcastle are unwilling to let their star striker leave and he is right at the top of the world’s strikers, in terms of valuation, potentially costing north of £100m.

The Swedish international has three more years left on his contract with Newcastle, and the club is also interested in extending it.

“That’s what you have when you have real quality up front,” Mikel Arteta said after Isak inspired Newcastle’s 2-0 win at the Emirates in the Carabao Cup. It felt like a scathing comment to the club’s hierarchy about what he still lacked in the squad.

Benjamin Sesko – RB Leipzig

Benjamin Sesko is another long-term Arsenal target and was closely watched over the summer.

It was expected that the Slovenian representative would move somewhere during the summer, with interest from Manchester United, but he remained at RB Leipzig.

Šeško is still young at 21 years old, but he already has more than 100 senior games for RB Salzburg and Leipzig, 26 appearances in the Champions League and 39 games for his country. A return of 30 goals in 66 Bundesliga games is really impressive.

Santiago Gimenez – Feyenoord

Mexican striker Santiago Gimenez is one of the next best strikers to emerge in Europe, scoring plenty of goals for Feyenoord.

He was expected to move last summer, attracting interest from Nottingham Forest, but stayed.

The 23-year-old may be behind others in his development and the Eredivisie is not such a strong league, but the potential is huge and he looks good.

Victor Osimhen – Napoli, on loan at Galatasaray

Long established as one of the best strikers in Europe, all expectations this summer were a move to Chelsea for Victor Osimhen.

However, when that did not materialize and his position at Napoli was untenable in the process, he went on a season-long loan to Galatasaray.

Osimhen continued to perform extremely well there and his long-term future has yet to be determined. Without a doubt, he would score goals with the Gunners.

Viktor Gyokeres – Sporting

Sweden’s second top scorer on the rise has improved since arriving at Sporting from Coventry City.

Premier League clubs looked at Viktor Gyokeres but passed on at the time, allowing him to leave and develop under Ruben Amorim in Portugal.

Amorim has said he will not look for players at Sporting in January as he wants to improve Manchester United, but a summer move to Old Trafford has been widely touted given their relationship.

Time for Arsenal to gamble in the market?

Sky Sports’ Nick Wright:

“Arsenal is active in the transfer market and is ready to act if the right opportunity arises. Another question is whether they will.

“Arteta highlighted the difficulty of finding available players who can make Arsenal better. ‘Bringing in a body ‘doesn’t help us at all’, he said last week. ‘It’s about someone who can immediately impact our performance and bring something we don’t have .’

“He’s right, of course. It’s not good to sign someone for him. But all signings come with an element of risk. Even a ‘perfect’ player may not produce the desired effect. By the same token, you may be rewarded for gambling on a seemingly imperfect option.

“Liverpool’s attack shows why. Diogo Jota, for example, flourished at Anfield despite never scoring more than nine goals in a Premier League season before joining from Wolves.

“Darwin Nunez is far from justifying his price tag, of course, but Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo, both signed for relatively affordable fees by today’s standards, continue to deliver value for money, with the former doing so immediately after his mid-season arrival in 2022

“Then, of course, there’s Mohamed Salah. The Egyptian has shown phenomenal success but, while productive in Italy, he was far from a guarantee when he arrived from Roma after previously failing to make an impact in the Premier League with Chelsea. a lesson for Arsenal.

“Already paying the price on the pitch for failing to strengthen in the summer, they certainly can’t let another window slip by without taking action – even if that means compromising what they can get.”