Gary Lineker says that Arsenal summer signing Lucas Perez will not be as prolific as Leicester City star Jamie Vardy.
Gary Lineker has told talkSPORT that Arsenal forward Lucas Perez will not score as many goals as Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy will.
The former Leicester and Tottenham Hotspur striker has also claimed that Vardy would walk into the Arsenal starting lineup.
According to talkSPORT, Vardy was a top target for the Gunners in the summer retransfer window, but the England international decided to remain at the King Power Stadium instead.
Arsenal signed Lucas Perez from Deportivo La Coruna in the summer transfer window.
According to BBC Sport, the North London outfit had to pay Deportivo a transfer fee of £17.1 million in order to secure the services of the 28-year-old forward.
Former Tottenham and Leicester striker Lineker believes that Perez is not going to be as prolific as Vardy.
“I think he’d walk into Arsenal’s team,” Vardy told talkSPORT. “Have you seen their centre-forwards? They’re fine but they’re not as prolific as Vardy. They are not as quick as Vardy and they don’t give you the options Vardy does.
“Olivier Giroud is a certain kind of target man. He will get his one goal in three or whatever it is.
“Lucas Perez, who they’ve brought in, I quite like but he’s not going to be as prolific as Vardy.”
Vardy scored 24 goals and created 46 chances in 36 Premier League appearances for Leicester last season.
So far this campaign, the 29-year-old striker has scored two goals and created three chances in four league games for the Foxes.
Perez scored 17 goals and created 72 chances in 36 La Liga matches for Deportivo last season.
Arsenal’s Lucas Perez warms up before the match
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