Arsenal’s manager, Mikel Arteta is not relenting to make some additions upfront as he seeks to stage an astonishing turn of event in the 2025 transfer window to his side favor for the Premier League title.
After assuming the managerial job from Unai Emery as Arsenal’s substantive coach, Mikel Arteta has been very close to securing the much wanted English premier league for the past two seasons as he has always missed on a slime margin to Manchester City, which is being led by his former boss, Pep Guardiola.
Arsenal in the last few years under the watch of Arteta and the club’s former director, Edu, have made some great signings; succeeding in securing the services of arguably the best defensive midfielder in the Spanish La-Liga, Thomas Partey, Kai Havertz as a versatile attacking midfielder, securing the services of David Raya and making him the safe pair of hands for his side last season and yet, lost some very important games when it mattered the most.
Many football pundits in the last two season were of the view that, Arsenal lacked the experienced to win the Premier at the time. Fast forward, then came last season, which is the 2023/24 premier league season, Arsenal staged another good fight for the league title as they snatch four points from Manchester City, beating Manchester United in both the home and away games and replicating same outcomes against Tottenham Hotspurs and Chelsea while they dropped just two games against Liverpool.
Only for Arsenal to drop all six points against Aston Villa, the under-dog, as compared to the known top-six clubs in the league which extended the title challenge to the final day of the English premier and their destinies were no longer in their hands but with Manchester City, who only needed to snatch a point or win the game in order for the title to be theirs and they did just that by smashing West Ham United.
Prior to the inception of the 2024/25 new English premier league season, Mikel Arteta had penned down the list of players he will be needing in order to get his hands on the ultimate however, he only secured the signature of the veteran winger, Raheem Sterling, who is not known to be a prolific goal poacher.
Meanwhile, the available center forward for Mikel Arteta is the Brazilian international, Gabriel Jesus since he permitted the exit of the youngster, Eddie Nketiah who served as the second preferred choice to Crystal Palace in the summer transfer window without any replacement.
As things stand now, Gabriel Jesus has proven not to be a reliable center forward as injuries have entangled his ability to be of any aid to the club during games.
Therefore, Mikel Arteta is already making preparations to sign a new center forward who is an improvement as against Gabriel Jesus. In his short listed much preferred choice of center forwards has been the Swedish and Newcastle United’s goal poacher, Alexander Isak.
Mikel Arteta is seeking to breathe in more fresh air into his attack hence, taking into consideration, the kind of formations he mostly deploys and how he set-ups his team, Isak is the best person for the job. The Swedish center forward is an intelligent, versatile, decent pace, good in the air, and he is very much accustomed to the English premier league culture.
Arsenal FC can only secure the services of Alexander Isak for a transfer fee of hundred and fifteen million pounds which could be the only factor likely to deter Arsenal from going in for him. Meanwhile, Arteta cannot afford not to sign a striker during the January 2025 transfer window, an attempt to play with a false nine would be an exchange of their target, which is the league title for another useless top-four finish especially now that it is clear the team lacks balance upfront.
