Mikel Arteta told ‘pay over the odds’ to complete Arsenal signing of striker

ARSENAL hero Perry Groves called on the club to sign a world-class striker, even if they have to ‘pay over the odds.’ in a bid to keep up the challenge for that Premier League title.

With Bukayo Saka out until at least March and Gabriel Jesus suffering an ACL injury, Arsenal are light on goalscoring options. Kai Havertz, who has not scored more than 13 goals in a league campaign since 2018/19, has been tasked with shouldering the goalscoring burden for the Gunners.

That has led to all sorts of speculation about the players that Mikel Arteta could look to bring in over the next few days, with some of the biggest names in the game linked with a move to the Emirates.

Now, amid all the speculation and rumours, Groves has opened up and encouraged his former club to sign a striker: “You look at the chances that were created,” Groves said on talkSPORT Breakfast.

“You look at Kai Havertz. Although he scored on Saturday, that’s where you want him all the time. You want him making runs across the near post. His actual general play has been really good, but he’s not a natural finisher. That’s the thing.

“I think what happened last season if you looked at the way we scored our goals, they were shared around the team. I think Arteta looked at that and thought it was going to happen.”

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ARSENAL have a world class attack, they are one of the best sides in the Premier League, but that 30-goals a season striker has not been signed by Mikel Arteta and that needs to get sorted out.

Liverpool have a 30 goals a season player and so do Manchester City, so if Arsenal wants to win that Premier League title, they need to make sure that is sorted this transfer window, or at the end of the season.

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