The free agents Arsenal could sign to ease injury crisis including Chelsea legend

Arsenal are facing the imaginable of contesting the remainder of the Premier League play without a recognised striker aft a immense wounded stroke to Kai Havertz.

The Gunners were hoping to propulsion the intermission fastener with a warm-weather grooming extremity to Dubai aft a hectic play of the play contesting connected aggregate fronts.

However, Mikel Arteta’s broadside person alternatively been deed with much wounded woes aft Havertz sustained a hamstring wounded connected the finals time of the trip.

Reports present suggest that the German planetary volition miss the remainder of the season, meaning Arsenal person nary acceptable recognised striker following Gabriel Jesus’ ACL wounded successful January.

And with Bukayo Saka inactive moving his mode back from a superior hamstring wounded and Gabriel Martinelli besides acceptable for a spell connected the attraction table, Arsenal present person conscionable 3 acceptable forwards successful Ethan Nwaneri, Leandro Trossard and Raheem Sterling.

The Gunners made nary bones astir their tendency to motion a striker successful the January transportation model but failed to get a woody implicit the line.

Deals for Alexander Isak and Benjamin Sesko were ne'er apt mid-season, portion the nine were rebuffed by Aston Villa aft their 11th-hour attack for Ollie Watkins.

With the transportation model present closed until the summer, Arsenal cannot reignite their involvement successful immoderate of their apical targets.

However, the Gunners whitethorn good springiness superior information to dipping into the escaped bureau marketplace to provide impermanent screen and a recognised striker who could connection immoderate enactment up top.

While not successful their premier anymore, present are 4 ageing veterans who Arsenal could crook their hopeless manus to.

Diego Costa

Most memorably known for terrifying Premier League defences astatine Chelsea, Costa has been a escaped cause since the commencement of January aft leaving Brazilian broadside Gremio.

While notching up 8 goals successful 26 appearances successful each competitions past year, Costa’s problems with wounded saw him successful and retired of the Brazillian side.

Back astatine Stamford Bridge, Costa scored 59 goals successful 120 appearances arsenic helium helped the Blues triumph 2 league titles.

The physicial striker was seen back successful the English apical formation successful 2022 with Wolves but helium managed conscionable a azygous extremity successful  in 25 appearances.

Mariano Diaz

Often remembered arsenic a bit-part subordinate for Real Madrid during his 2 spells with the Spanish giants, Marino was erstwhile coveted by a big of apical European clubs, including Arsenal.

The Dominican Republic planetary scored 18 goals successful the 2017/18 run having near Real for Lyon earlier swiftly returning to Spanish capital.

However, with Karim Benzama inactive up of him successful the pecking order, Mariano managed conscionable six goals successful his 5 seasons backmost astatine Real earlier joining Sevilla successful 2023.

Now 31, the striker has been without a nine since the extremity of past play having been released aft failing to people successful 13 appearances successful each competitions.

Maxi Gomez

The youngest of the imaginable options astatine a sprightly 28, Maxi Gomez has been without a nine since leaving Trabzonspor successful the summer.

Gomez scored 7 goals successful 34 appearances successful each competitions backmost successful 2022/23 for the Turkish broadside but failed to people successful 31 league appearances portion connected indebtedness astatine Cadiz past season.

Prior to that, the Uruguayan spent 4 seasons astatine Valancia scoring 23 successful 109 appearances.

Perhaps much impressively, helium scored scored 30 league goals successful his 2 seasons astatine Celta Vigo, though that came backmost betwixt 2017 and 2019.

Wissam Ben Yedder

Wissam Ben Yedder is possibly the astir prolific of the disposable escaped agents having scored 20 goals successful each competitions for Monaco past season.

The Frenchman has been a escaped cause since the summer, but caller reports person linked him with a determination to Serie A broadside Venezia.

In total, the 34-year-old has 282 goals successful 555 appearances, including an awesome 118 successful 201 games during his 5 seasons astatine Monaco.

In November past year, Ben Yedder was fixed a suspended two-year situation condemnation aft being recovered blameworthy of sexually assaulting a woman.

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