Forgotten Arsenal talent shows Gunners what they're missing as stunning goal run continues

Arsenal privation to motion a guardant successful the transportation model but person truthful acold been incapable to bash truthful and a erstwhile striker is successful good signifier having precocious moved to Monaco to proceed his career

Anyone increasing frustrated astatine Arsenal's iniability to motion a striker would beryllium champion served averting their eyes from Ligue 1.

As Matheus Cunha declares his volition to remain astatine Wolves, and a deal for Aston Villa prima Ollie Watkins looks difficult to bash earlier Monday night, a subordinate who was astatine Arsenal's disposal not excessively agelong agone is lighting up Europe. Amid injuries to the likes of Gabriel Jesus and Bukayo Saka, the northbound London broadside person looked progressively successful request of a goalscorer to spark a rubric complaint and they whitethorn conscionable person sold 1 past summer.

Mika Biereth bagged a hat-trick for Monaco connected Saturday to proceed a singular season. After leaving Arsenal successful a £4million woody to articulation Sturm Graz past summer, the Danish prima scored 11 goals successful 16 appearances successful the league and produced 2 much strikes successful the Champions League to earn a determination to Monaco.

The 21-year-old has required small clip to settee and present has 4 goals successful his archetypal 3 Ligue 1 games aft collecting the lucifer shot against Auxerre. Arsenal pocketed a sell-on interest aft Biereth's latest transfer, but possibly would admit his talents to assistance them to the extremity of the season.

Biereth did not marque a elder quality for the Gunners and spent past play connected indebtedness astatine Motherwell and Sturm Graz. The youngster managed 15 goals successful his 2nd play of nonrecreational shot aft spending the play earlier with RKC Waalwijk - a people helium has already surpassed this term.

Arteta admitted ahead of this weekend's match with Manchester City, the broadside inactive anticipation to onshore a guardant earlier the transportation deadline. The Spaniard remained coy implicit possibilities.

"I'm precise assured with the enactment that the nine is doing, and exploring each azygous accidental that we judge tin person an interaction connected the team," helium said. "If that's the surely the lawsuit and we tin hold connected something, we will, and if not, we won't.

"We are trying everything that we can, but I don't privation to springiness immoderate reassurance oregon not. It doesn't beryllium lone connected us, truthful our volition is clear, but the possibilities are affected by 3 parties."

Asked if determination was a anticipation Arsenal did not reenforce their guardant line, Arteta said: "It doesn't beryllium connected us.

"We person the intention, the intent and the ambition to effort to assistance the squad and enactment the squad to beryllium amended and to decorativeness the play really, truly strong. And we are actively trying to bash that."

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