Gary Lineker has opened up and encouraged Arsenal to sign Athletic Madrid star Julian Alvarez, claiming it would be game over for the Gunners Premier League rivals.
Viktor Gyokeres is the club’s top-scorer after establishing himself as one of the games very best strikers, but his return of five goals represents a poor return for a player ARSENAL paid £64m for last summer.
That has led to alot of speculation in the media that Arsenal are very much interested in trying to sign Alvarez for a reported £81 million, with many reports suggesting that Madrid will be open to letting the striker leave the club.
Now Lineker has suggested ARSENAL should pursue Alvarez this summer and says his arrival in north London would be devastating for their domestic rivals: ‘They’ve not got anyone really banging in the goals on a regular basis,’ Lineker said on The Rest is Football podcast after Arsenal’s defeat to Manchester United.
‘Gabriel Jesus has come back and scored one or two but there was a reason they needed to sign a new No. 9 in the first place.
‘I like Jesus and always have, he’s got a great work ethic, he chases and harries and does get a few goals. He’s a bit streaky – when he’s on he’s on but when he’s off he a bit of a confidence player.
‘It’s probably complete b*** as most of these things are on social media but I saw they were linked with Julian Alvarez who I know is not entirely happy with life at Atletico.
‘Now that is the sort of player you know can handle the big occasion – he’s a World Cup winner for crying out loud. Someone like that at Arsenal would be game over.
‘But they do need one or two of these current forwards to start scoring on a reasonably regular basis.’
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