Arsenal could conceivably go the distance in the Champions League and secure one major honour in 2024/25, if their seven-goal mauling of PSV was anything to go by.
Otherwise, the Gunners’ current limitations in the forward line looks set to damn any remaining hope they have of competing with Liverpool for the Premier League title.
The ongoing injury crisis – with the likes of Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus sidelined in the treatment room – will reasonably be blamed.
However, there are further questions, even with a fully fit and firing front three, as to whether Arsenal have the firepower capable of challenging for domestic honours.
Saka, Jesus, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Martinelli, for instance, don’t come close to Mo Salah’s goal contribution rate this term.
Player
Goal Contributions
G/C per mins
Mo Salah
52
65.30
Bukayo Saka
22
83.09
Kai Havertz
20
138.8
Gabriel Martinelli
11
216.18
One man who could help solve Mikel Arteta’s central attacking woes, in RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko, looks set to be available in the upcoming summer transfer window.
Benjamin Sesko is interested in the Premier League
(Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)
Christian Falk has confirmed that Arsenal are in pole position when it comes to the pursuit of the Bundesliga hotshot – a more ‘likely’ signing than Newcastle’s Alexander Isak.
The North London-based outfit will, of course, have to pay a pretty fee – ‘upwards of €70m [£58.7m]’ owing to a ‘gentleman’s agreement’ – to have a shot at securing his services.
“Arsenal are leading the race for Benjamin Sesko. The player has signed a new contract until 2029,” the BILD reporter informed CaughtOffside in his exclusive Fact Files column.
“There are rumours in Germany that there’s a release clause included within this, but I can’t confirm this for certain. I’m aware he’s got a gentleman’s agreement with the club whereby he could leave if Leipzig receive an offer worth upwards of €70m.
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