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 corresponding to Viktor Gyokeres, Dušan Vlahović and Victor Osimhen.

That mentioned, there’s one ahead who has seen his identify mooted for a transfer to the Emirates, maybe greater than another in latest weeks: Matheus Cunha.

The Wolverhampton Wanderers star has been in effective kind this season and would probably be a superb addition to Mikel Arteta’s squad, however there’s one other, much more promising ahead, who has lately been linked with the North Londoners and can be an excellent higher signing.

Arsenal pushing for brand new striker signing this month

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

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, so that they have since requested the German aspect to call their value.

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

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

Why Šeško can be a greater signing than Cunha

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

The primary is an easy one: the Slovenian comes out on high after 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 objectives and offered two assists, equating to a aim 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, however a complete of 2772 first-team minutes, which means he averaged a aim involvement each 1.63, or each 126 minutes.

Shifting into this season, the Radeče-born “monster,” as dubbed by analyst Ben Mattinson, has already racked up 14 objectives and three assists in simply 26 appearances, totalling 1858 minutes, which means he is averaging a aim 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 12 months and at present has ten objectives and 4 assists in 22 appearances, totalling 1717 minutes, which comes out to a median of a aim involvement each 1.57 video games, or each 122.64 minutes.

On high of being the extra productive ahead, the Gunners can be sensible to go for the Leipzig ace over the Brazilian for the truth that he is nonetheless simply 21 years outdated and already displaying that he can compete with the most effective goalscorers round.

Now, the Wolves star is definitely not an outdated participant, however in accordance with analysis by The Athletic a number of years in the past, the height age for a centre-forward is 27.

That implies that whereas there’s nonetheless time for Cunha to enhance, we’re probably seeing him close to his greatest in the meanwhile, which remains to be not sufficient to beat out the Slovenian star, who may proceed to get higher and higher.

In the end, each attackers are sensible 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 far more time to develop.