Arsenal may regret losing “outrageous” goal machine

Despite accidents, dodgy choices, and inconsistent kind, Arsenal have managed to maintain inside touching distance of Liverpool within the Premier League and completed third within the league part of the Champions League.

Nevertheless, any optimistic sentiments that have been beginning to coalesce across the crew following their emphatic 5-1 demolition of Manchester Metropolis on the weekend have been totally annihilated by the 2-0 loss to Newcastle United final evening.

Mikel Arteta’s aspect went into the second leg understanding that, as a consequence of their 2-0 defeat within the first, development to the ultimate was an unlikely consequence, however there was hope, and even expectation, amongst followers that the crew would no less than combat tooth and nail to drag themselves via.

As an alternative, the Gunners, who have been clearly overawed by the hostile environment, wasted their early possibilities and have been put to the sword by Eddie Howe’s full-throttle Magpies.

Worse but, a participant the North Londoners have courted however handed up on up to now, Alexander Isak, was as soon as once more sensational, and if lacking out on his providers wasn’t dangerous sufficient, it seems to be like Arsenal might need misplaced their very own model of the Swede final yr.

Arsenal’s hyperlinks to Isak

So, the hyperlinks between Arsenal and Isak began all the best way again in 2021, when the previous Borussia Dortmund star was taking part in in La Liga for Basque outfit Actual Sociedad.

Nevertheless, in accordance with a report from The Athletic in early 2022, the Gunners opted towards signing the then-22-year-old, as they deemed his launch clause too pricey, which was round £75m on the time.

Sadly, with the North Londoners out of the image, Newcastle swooped in and signed the Solna-born dynamo in the summertime of 2022, and since then, he has gone from energy to energy within the northeast.

Since making the transfer, the unstoppable ahead has racked up a sensational haul of 54 targets and 9 assists in simply 94 appearances for the Toon, which involves a median of a objective involvement each 1.49 video games.

Furthermore, the 50-capped worldwide has scored two targets and been on the profitable aspect thrice in simply 5 matches towards the North Londoners, and we would not be stunned to see him add to that objective tally when the golf equipment meet on the Emirates later this season.

In all, Isak is undoubtedly among the best strikers on the earth in the mean time, and Arsenal might be kicking themselves that they didn’t signal him once they might’ve, and worse but, they could have misplaced their very own model of the ahead final yr.

Arsenal’s personal Isak

Whereas Arsenal’s assault has been lacklustre this season, it must be stated that when Bukayo Saka is match, and the likes of Martin Odegaard, Leandro Trossard, and Kai Havertz are in kind, the crew will be an extremely potent power.

You solely have to have a look at final season to see that, as whereas they finally completed second, the Gunners racked up a formidable tally of 91 targets, which was solely bettered by Metropolis.

Nevertheless, the membership lacks a medical centre-forward within the mould of Isak, and to make issues worse, they misplaced a teen who might have been their model of him in Chidozie Obi-Martin, who joined Manchester United final yr, regardless of the membership’s greatest efforts.

Now, earlier than the pitchforks come out, we aren’t saying the 17-year-old might have come into the aspect this season and matched the previous Sociedad star’s output or performances, however the indicators have been actually there.

For instance, throughout his time within the academy, the younger Dane was a lean, mean-scoring machine.

In simply 24 appearances final season, the “outrageous” prospect, as dubbed by Hale Finish professional Jeorge Hen, scored a mammoth 32 targets and supplied three assists for good measure, which comes out to a frankly ridiculous common of 1.45 objective involvements each single recreation.

On high of sharing a watch for objective with the Newcastle star and being a fellow Scandinavian, the previous Hale Ender can also be an imposing determine, standing at 6 foot 2, and given his age, he is greater than possible set to get even taller.

Sadly for Arteta and Co, he appears to have carried his good kind over to United as properly, as in ten appearances, he is already scored 9 targets and supplied one help.

In the end, whereas Arsenal tried to maintain a maintain of Obi Martin final yr, it looks like they could remorse shedding him in the identical method they have to remorse not signing Isak in 2022.