Arteta sold Arsenal gem for just £4m, now he’s outscoring Isak & Sesko

And identical to that, Arsenal’s Premier League desires are formally over for a 3rd yr on the bounce.

Mikel Arteta’s aspect needed to watch Liverpool declare the title yesterday afternoon after they blitzed Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 at dwelling.

Whereas there have definitely been some extenuating circumstances this yr, it will be truthful to say that the Reds are deserving winners, as with 4 nonetheless left to play, they’ve outscored the Gunners by 17 targets.

With this in thoughts, it is no secret that Arsenal followers are determined for the membership to signal a brand new striker in the summertime, so it is moderately unlucky that Arteta sanctioned the sale of 1 who’s presently outscoring two of their most closely linked targets: Benjamin Sesko and Alexander Isak.

Why Arsenal need Isak & Sesko

Earlier than attending to the participant in query, it is price taking a look at why Arsenal would need to signal Isak and Sesko this summer time, as the previous few months have seen them always linked with the membership.

Beginning with the previous, the obvious reply is that, since transferring to Newcastle United, he is grow to be a lean, imply goalscoring machine.

For instance, this season alone has seen him rack up a superb haul of 26 targets and 6 assists in 39 appearances, which comes out to a mean of a aim involvement each 1.21 video games.

Nevertheless, what’s simply as vital is that he is acting at this stage within the Premier League, which means he’d probably want little to no time to adapt on the Emirates.

In distinction, Sesko would not have that have, however on prime of his 26 aim involvements this time period, he has two different benefits.

The primary is that, at simply 21 years outdated, there may be each likelihood he might proceed to develop right into a significantly spectacular participant by the point he reaches Isak’s age, and the second is that, at 6 foot 5, he’d assist make the Gunners much more intimidating to play towards.

Nevertheless, whereas both striker could be a positive addition to the membership, it should be irritating for Arteta to know he oversaw the sale of a participant who’s outscoring each of them.

The previous Arsenal ace outscoring Isak & Sesko

Whereas Arteta made a number of spectacular gross sales final summer time, like Eddie Nketiah’s £30m transfer to Crystal Palace and Emile Smith Rowe’s £34m transfer to Fulham, he made one which has since backfired.

In July, the Gunners agreed to promote younger striker Mika Biereth to Austrian outfit Sturm Graz for about £4m.

The Danish poacher had spent the latter half of the earlier marketing campaign on mortgage with the membership, the place he racked up a fairly spectacular tally of 9 targets and 4 assists in 22 appearances, so it will be truthful to say that even on the time, the payment appeared low.

Sadly for the Gunners, that has since confirmed to be the case, as within the first half of this season, he ended up scoring 14 targets and offering 5 assists in 25 appearances.

This unbelievable begin to the marketing campaign was sufficient to persuade AS Monaco to spend round £10.8m on him within the January switch window.

Since transferring to the French Riviera, the “outrageous” expertise, as dubbed by U23 scout Antonio Mango, has gone from energy to energy, scoring 13 targets and offering three assists in simply 17 appearances for his new membership.

That signifies that the younger striker, who Arteta offered for what now appears like pennies on the greenback, has managed to rack up a tally of 27 targets and eight assists in simply 42 appearances, which works out to a aim involvement each 0.83 video games.

In different phrases, Biereth is presently outscoring Isak and Sesko, making Arsenal’s resolution to promote him in the summertime all of the extra baffling.