I agree on both those candidates for replacementRetro Gunner wrote: ↑Sat Feb 18, 2023 3:22 pmGoonerMuzz wrote: ↑Sat Feb 18, 2023 2:53 pmEddie is still our second biggest issue for me, he is just not a striker you need when challenging for the title. No matter what happens in the rest of the season Arteta must sign another striker in the summer
Agree with this Muzz. We're trying to challenge for the title while carrying two passengers. Xhaka, of course, is worse than just a passenger, he's a twelfth man for the other side, but Eddie is simply not good enough. We needed a striker in January and not getting one will cost us.
Eddie has absolutely no presence up front, he offers no threat, or even a nuisance level. If you're a centre half and you're about to face Kane, Haaland, Salah, Rashford, Toney, you know you've got a job on your hands, but you'll lose no sleep knowing that you're playing against Eddie. For me, the centre forward and the goalkeeper are the two most important positions in the team, because both can win you points that you haven't earned and both can cost you points too. Don't know if many would agree with this, but I'd have been happy to sign Mitrovic in January. He'd have been a god addition for the second half of the season, probably wouldn't have been too expensive and he's definitely a presence up front. In the summer, we need to add a top level striker.
For me Osimhen for £100m would be money well spent - I really fear him going to Man Utd
Play him as our no 9 and play the Duracell bunny Jesus in Xhaka’s role just buzzing around hassling, creating, dribbling
Kill 2 birds with one stone, so to speak.