Arsenal are plotting an ambitious double-striker move this summer, as Mikel Arteta‘s side now aim to bring in two new centre-forwards to bolster their Premier League title hopes for next season.
Arsenal face Nottingham Forest after crushing West Ham defeat
Their 1-0 loss to West Ham last weekend all but ended their hopes of pipping Liverpool to the title this season, with Arteta now attempting to garner any sort of Gunners momentum in preparation for a Champions League challenge.
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The Gunners are looking to next season for upgrades.
Arsenal take on Nuno Espirito Santo’s high-flying Nottingham Forest side on Wednesday, knowing of the near-impossible task of catching Liverpool in the title race, but Arteta is keen for his side to finish 2024/2025 on a high domestically.
“It’s been incredibly satisfying to work every day with the players, the coaches and the staff to try to overcome certain situations,” said Arteta on Arsenal’s obstacles this season.
“If somebody tells you at the start of the season that by this time you will have played five times with a red card, over half an hour in each of them, and you have lost this amount of players, what’s the bet you are in the middle of the table at least, and you are out of the Champions League?
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Arsenal’s next five Premier League games |
Date |
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Nottingham Forest (away) |
February 26th |
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Man Utd (away) |
March 9th |
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Chelsea (home) |
March 16th |
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Fulham (home) |
April 1st |
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Everton (away) |
April 5th |
“But that’s not the situation, so that tells you the resilience, the resources and the ambition the team and that every individual has, and that time has probably been one of my proudest moments to work, in that sense. The problem is when you are there you want more and more. I’m not going to stop – over my dead body that we stop thinking that way and putting everything we possibly can to increase that probability of us winning, being better than the opponent and hitting that performance, those standards constantly, regardless of what happens.”
In the background, Arsenal are targeting new centre-forwards ahead of next season, coming as their serious shortage of attacking options right now exposes their lack of depth up front.
This was prevalent in their last match when they failed to break down a resolute West Ham side, minus both Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus, who are out with long-term injuries.
Arsenal plan double-striker signing with Sesko and Watkins targeted
According to Football Transfers, Arsenal are planning to sign two strikers this summer, with RB Leipzig starlet Benjamin Sesko named as their “top priority” as they prepare a bid for Aston Villa star Ollie Watkins.
Sesko, who’s scored 16 goals in all competitions this season, has a gentlemen’s agreement to leave Leipzig either this summer or next year (Fabrizio Romano) – with the Slovenian’s contract also including a £65 million release clause – according to some reports.
Meanwhile, Villa are prepared to negotiate an exit for Watkins at around £60 million, as per David Ornstein, so Arsenal know the conditions of any potential deal for the aforementioned forward stars.
