Ten games are ahead of Arsenal until the end of the fight for the championship throne, and the first in the series will be the derby against Manchester City, which could be a turning point in the race for the Premier League trophy, however, sports director Edu, not waiting for the outcome of the fight for the championship crown, is already rolled up his sleeves with the priority of finding a striker for the new season.##NAJAVA_MECA_7984663##Despite the epithet of the most effective team in the Premier League, the Gunners currently cannot boast of an ideal situation among the strikers, which is supported by the fact that out of 70 goals in the championship Kai Havertz, Eddie Nketiah and Gabriel Jesus scored a total of 17. Hence, the director of the London club has already compiled a list of potential attackers.According to Daily Mail, the Brazilian compiled a list of ten names and, aware of the situation, went in search of an adequate option.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Just five goals from Jesus and one less from Nketiah is far below the performance that a title contender can be satisfied with and a team that is among the main contenders to threaten City’s defense of the crown. The situation with the strikers and the absence of Gabriel Jesus due to injury often led to Kai Havertz being found in the role of a ‘false nine’, who managed to provide a slightly greater contribution, but despite the German’s eight goals, it is clear to everyone at the Emirates that the forward position is a pressing problem that requires specific steps, and the solution is in the most advanced position, Arsenal’s sporting director decided to look for a list of ten names, among which are: Ivan Toney, Alexander Isak, Victor Gyokeres, Victor Osimhen, Lois Openda, Benjamin Sesko, Evanilson, Brian Brobbey, Santiago Jimenez and Victor Boniface.‘Saka could be out of football by the age of 24’The wish list suggests that the Gunners will have to significantly empty their account, bearing in mind that each of the mentioned players is already on the radar of numerous clubs from the cream of football. For example, Brentford set a price of 100,000,000 euros for Toney, while the same amount was unofficially mentioned when the subject of the freedom of Gyokeres, the forward who shone in Sporting this season. An even greater financial expenditure would be the engagement of Osimhen, for which De Laurentiis highlighted the price of 150,000,000 euros, and the amount of compensation for each of the aforementioned players could be significantly influenced by the interests of other clubs, given that Gyokeres, for example, is also the desire of Chelsea (whose 85,000,000 euros was already rejected by Sporting) and AC Milan, while Manchester City monitors Openda.🚨 Edu Gaspar says Arsenal are working on plans for this summer transfer window and have already identified our targets 👀 🗞️ pic.twitter.com/HtRpnUBp2C— Le African Gooner (@leafricangooner) February 24, 2024 In the months ahead, it will become clearer who will be chosen as the leader of the attack of the London club, but judging by the names, a new purchase for a nine-figure sum is on the horizon. Until the previous transfer window compensation of more than €100,000,000 was too much for Arsenal, but since that line was crossed by the purchase of Declan Rice for more than €116,000,000, with inflation rocking the football market, nine-figure investments could become the trend for the Gunners especially if they want to really be serious competitors to City.
