Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Arsenal are planning to sign an ‘important striker’ in the near future.
Arsenal are in desperate need of freshening up their goalscoring options.
Even Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been dropped by Gunners boss Mikel Arteta but the alternatives – Alexandre Lacazette and Eddie Nketiah – aren’t all that promising.
Besides, Aubameyang and Lacazette have a combined 63 years between them.
Arsenal tried to sign another number nine this past summer and were heavily linked with Chelsea attacker Tammy Abraham, who punted to join Jose Mourinho in Roma.
The North Londoners were also linked with a move to sign Lautaro Martinez of Inter Milan and although it did not happen, Romano reveals that contact has been made with the Serie A champions more recently, only to be told to ‘wait until the summer’.
He told his Here we Go podcast: “Arsenal’s plan, from what I’m told, is to sign an important striker in the coming months. Let’s see if it’ll be January or the summer. They were interested in Lautaro Martinez but Inter said: ‘no, wait until the summer’.”
Spectacular attacker
This is exciting for Arsenal, if Arteta and Edu want the Argentine at the Emirates.
This is a player who Lionel Messi himself labelled ‘spectacular‘ back in 2020 and there’s no doubt he’d be a wonderful fit for the goal-shy Gunners.
Talented and electric as Aubameyang’s been since joining Arsenal in 2018, age really isn’t on his side and it’s vital that Edu finds a long-term replacement as soon as possible.
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