Former Arsenal star Paul Merson has insisted everyone knows Mikel Arteta’s side need a striker. The Gunners are reportedly in the market for a new striker after Gabriel Jesus was ruled out for months with a serious knee injury. “

It reminds me of Arsene Wenger, all the Arsenal players, the pundits and the fans, they knew they needed a centre-half but they didn’t go out and get one,” Merson said.
“I hope Mikel Arteta doesn’t think that way. Everyone knows they need a centre-half, they need freshness, they don’t necessarily have to come on straight away but they need one. “You
saw it with Manchester City and Julian Alvarez, he’s a major absence. Arsenal need to step up because they’re in the title race, there’s no doubt about that. “
The positive side is Arteta will think if they keep creating chances they will score, but the problem is when they go to teams like Fulham and Brighton, do Arsenal have guys who can take two chances and score one? I don’t think they have. เล่น UFABET ผ่านมือถือ สะดวกทุกที่ ทุกเวลา And that’s the problem,”
he said. “When you have 25 shots in a game you are going to score one or two goals. The problem is the games are so close. “
In the Carabao Cup last week, Newcastle barely had a shot but they fell to Isak and it was 1-0 with the first chance. That’s what Arsenal need.”