Anyone who looks at the Premier League chart may wonder why there is so much focus on Arsenal need to sign a contract with a striker. They were the third most seasonal scoring team before once again proving to be the biggest competitor to the champion – this time Liverpool.
But that did not say the whole story. Arsenal scored less than 22 goals in the Premier League last season compared to the 2023/24 season. That sharpness contributed to them being far away from Liverpool, and could not convert the control of the ball into a goal when PSG eliminated in the Champions League semi -finals. Like the former Man City defender, Micah Richards, shared on the BBC Sport last season: “The difference between Arsenal won the championship or won these matches was just a striker.”
Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins, RB Leipzig and Alexander Isak of Newcastle, are three of the strikers that The Gunners recently explored. But some Arsenal fans will say in the inhibition that they have repeatedly called on the team to buy one more high-class striker since Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang left the club in 2022. The Gabon striker is the Gunners' nearest striker scored 20 goals a season in the Premier League, and that is also the story from the 2019/20 season.
Kai Havertz was the leading scorer of The Gunners in the Premier League last season – 9 goals helped the German striker stand in the 26th class in the top scorer. Havertz has scored 6 more goals in other tournaments, but 15 goals are still far behind the expectations of a striker in a team that is fighting for many titles.
Before Gyokeres, the two strikers that Arteta recruited were Gabriel Jesus and Havertz – both can play in other roles but have a lot of experience leading the attack. Put it in the context, 4 Summer Contracts of Arsenal up to the present time before Gyokeres have raised the number of players that Arteta has recruited 35 people – both bought and borrowed – in 5 seasons. Kepa is the 6th goalkeeper that the Spanish teacher brought back.
Winger Leandro Trossard and midfielder Mikel Merino sometimes played in the striker position, but it was largely due to the injury of Jesus and Havertz, which showed the lack of Arteta's choice. Obviously, Arteta himself pushed himself in a difficult position when he did not buy more strikers, and complicated everything by self -improving players in another position into a striker.
This summer, the time when many people said that the time for Arteta in North London was gradually exhausted, he was forced to fix the “blockbuster” contract Gyokeres. It is not necessary to know the level of the Swedish striker's success in England, but at least it shows that Arteta has realized the problem and is not risky again.
Gyokeres is clearly an excellent professional addition, but at the same time is doping for Arsenal spirit. It is like the fact that Arsenal fans are talking about the current squad is a “complete machine”. Not necessarily perfect on the field, but it is full of the sense of upgrading of Arteta's teachers and students.
