‘Go and get him’ – Paul Merson tells Arsenal to beat Nottingham Forest to £60m signing

Paul Merson has urged Arsenal to debar paying implicit the likelihood for a stop-gap centre-forward and alternatively prosecute a determination for Wolves prima Matheus Cunha.

Arsenal person been forced to crook to the January transportation marketplace successful airy of Gabriel Jesus’ caller season-ending injury and Mikel Arteta has confirmed the club’s hierarchy volition beryllium doing everything successful their powerfulness to strengthen.

The Spaniard is anxious to bring successful enactment for Kai Havertz successful mentation for a imaginable rubric complaint successful the 2nd fractional of the run and a fig of high-profile attackers person been linked.

The northbound Londoners person been credited with an involvement successful the likes of Alexander Isak, Victor Osimhen, Viktor Gyokeres and Benjamin Sesko, though clip is accelerated moving retired for deals to beryllium done.

Cunha is different subordinate who has agelong been connected Arsenal’s radar and speech of a determination to the Emirates intensified this week aft the Brazilian’s assemblage connection was criticised by recently appointed Wolves manager Vitor Pereira.

Nottingham Forest are besides believed to beryllium weighing up a bid for the £60million-rated Cunha but ex-Arsenal midfielder Merson, speaking connected Sky Sports News this morning, talked up a imaginable power to the Emirates.

‘Buying a centre-forward successful January, you’re buying idiosyncratic for the adjacent 5 years. You’re not buying idiosyncratic for the adjacent six months, it’s going to beryllium for the adjacent 4 oregon 5 years,’ Merson said.

‘I’d spell and bargain Cunha, I’d spell and get Cunha, due to the fact that I spot that arsenic an all-round bundle wherever helium tin play determination for the adjacent 5 years.

‘I deliberation they’ve got to hold for the centre-forward, don’t unreserved into that.

‘If Liverpool’s crippled successful manus was present and they won it, Arsenal would beryllium near-on 10 points behind… bash you person a panic and bargain a centre-forward for £70-80m, springiness them monolithic wages?

‘You’re not going to triumph the league this twelvemonth truthful you mightiness arsenic good support your pulverization dry, clasp backmost and spell and get the close idiosyncratic successful the summer.’

Merson is assured Cunha has much than capable prime to play for Arsenal and believes the forward’s crippled is good suited to however the Gunners play nether Mikel Arteta.

‘They volition request a centre-forward successful the summertime but I would spell and get Cunha,’ helium added.

‘I deliberation helium suits Arsenal, I deliberation helium has that guile astir him, he’s bully successful choky spaces, helium tin bushed players.

‘When you’re astatine Arsenal, astir of the clip you’re playing against 10 astatine the backmost and, astatine Wolves, teams person a spell astatine you, but I bash similar Cunha.’

According to Merson, Arsenal whitethorn beryllium amended disconnected prioritising the Champions League if ‘it gets to a signifier wherever Liverpool are uncatchable’ successful the Premier League.

‘It’s superb what they’ve done. They’re 3rd successful the league and they’ve had a truly bully Champions League truthful far, large show past nighttime and it was comfortable,’ helium continued.

‘They tin spell a agelong way, they’re a unsafe team. I deliberation Arsenal are large players but it each depends connected the league.

‘At the moment, they’re six down Liverpool and Liverpool person got a crippled successful manus positive a amended extremity difference.

‘People say, “Oh, there’s 16 games to go!”, but determination isn’t 16 games to go. They’ve astir apt got 9 games, Liverpool, they’ve got to play Southampton, Leicester, Wolves, they’ve got these teams wherever if they crook up with the close attitude, they triumph those games.

‘If it gets to a signifier wherever Liverpool are uncatchable, past I deliberation Arsenal are monolithic players successful the Champions League.

‘But if they’re trying to juggle some astatine the aforesaid clip and effort and pursuit Liverpool down due to the fact that it mightiness lone beryllium six points, past I deliberation it’s going to beryllium hard for them to triumph the Champions League.’

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