Arsenal pushing to land £65m star in late deal

It has been 23 days for the reason that switch window opened, and as issues stand, Arsenal have not made a single signing.

Nevertheless, that has not stopped the hearsay mill from going into overdrive, because the membership have been linked with a number of excellent attackers comparable to Viktor Gyokeres, Dušan Vlahović and Victor Osimhen.

That mentioned, there may be one ahead who has seen his identify mooted for a transfer to the Emirates, maybe more than any other in latest weeks: Matheus Cunha.

The Wolverhampton Wanderers star has been in high-quality type this season and would possible be a wonderful addition to Mikel Arteta’s squad, however there may be one other, much more promising ahead, who has lately been linked with the North Londoners and could be an excellent higher signing.

Arsenal pushing for brand new striker signing this month

In response to a latest report from journalist Graeme Bailey, Arsenal have maintained their critical curiosity in RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Šeško and are actually ‘pushing’ to try to get the deal executed this month.

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The report claims that the Gunners have an inside valuation of round £65m for the Slovenian worldwide and have the cash to make the deal occur, in order that they have since requested the German facet to call their worth.

It is not talked about within the report what that worth may be, however Bailey has revealed that there’s a ‘gentleman’s settlement’ between the membership and participant that any gives within the area of €70m – £59m – would ‘no less than be critically mentioned.’

It may be an costly switch to recover from the road, however given Šeško’s unimaginable potential and sky-high potential, it is effectively price doing, particularly as he’d be a greater signing than Cunha.

Why Šeško could be a greater signing than Cunha

So, whereas each Šeško and Cunha are distinctive abilities and greater than adequate to influence Arsenal’s beginning lineup, there are two key explanation why the previous could be a greater signing this month.

The primary is a straightforward one: the Slovenian comes out on high once we evaluate their output from the final couple of campaigns.

For instance, in 42 appearances final season, totalling 2057 minutes, the previous RB Salzburg star scored 18 goals and provided two assists, equating to a purpose involvement each 2.1 video games, or extra crucially, one each 102.85 minutes.

In distinction, the Wolves star scored 14 objectives and offered eight assists in 36 appearances, but a total of 2772 first-team minutes, that means he averaged a purpose involvement each 1.63, or each 126 minutes.

Transferring into this season, the Radeče-born “monster,” as dubbed by analyst Ben Mattinson, has already racked up 14 goals and three assists in simply 26 appearances, totalling 1858 minutes, that means he is averaging a purpose involvement each 1.52 video games, or each 109.29 minutes.

For his half, the previous Atlético Madrid star has additionally upped his sport this yr and presently has ten goals and four assists in 22 appearances, totalling 1717 minutes, which comes out to a median of a purpose involvement each 1.57 video games, or each 122.64 minutes.

On high of being the extra productive ahead, the Gunners could be sensible to go for the Leipzig ace over the Brazilian for the truth that he is nonetheless simply 21 years previous and already exhibiting that he can compete with one of the best goalscorers round.

Now, the Wolves star is actually not an previous participant, however in accordance with analysis by The Athletic a few years ago, the height age for a centre-forward is 27.

That implies that whereas there may be nonetheless time for Cunha to enhance, we’re possible seeing him close to his finest in the intervening time, which continues to be not sufficient to beat out the Slovenian star, who might proceed to get higher and higher.

In the end, each attackers are good and would undoubtedly enhance Arsenal, but when the board are solely going to signal one this month, then they need to go all out for Šeško, as not solely is he already outperforming his potential rival, however he additionally has way more time to develop.

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