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Louis SealeyPublished May 21, 2024, 8:52am|Updated May 21, 2024, 8:57am
Ian Wright says he ‘can see’ Arsenal signing Alexander Isak from Newcastle United as they look to build on another narrow Premier League title miss.
The Gunners enjoyed another impressive season under Mikel Arteta, winning a club-record 28 league games and amassing 89 points.
But not even that was enough to prevent Manchester City from clinching a record fourth successive league title and sixth since Pep Guardiola arrived in 2016.
Given Arsenal’s points tally and general form this season, it is not easy to see obvious weaknesses in the team or areas where they can improve this summer.
But Wright believes signing a new striker could help Arsenal ‘change games’ and ‘change the way they play’, and says he would be pleased to see Isak arrive at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal scored 91 goals this season – the second-most in the Premier League and only five fewer than Man City – despite the fact only one player, Bukayo Saka, reached 15 goals.
Isak netted 21 for Newcastle, finishing third in the Golden Boot race behind Chelsea playmaker Cole Palmer and Manchester City striker Erling Haaland.
‘You look at some of the games which were really tight, you go back to the Aston Villa game where Arsenal lost,’ Wright said on Premier League Productions.
‘If you had that striker who could get that goal out of nothing, it settles you down, you get the goal and you know you have somebody who could take half a chance.
‘It’s worth its weight in gold. It gets the whole team settled. You relax and then you can start playing.
‘If you are continually missing chances at the stage Arsenal were and none of the front guys were scoring, then you start to feel the pressure on the team.
‘That’s what you can’t do against Man City. You have to be able to score the goals. We did score. We scored a lot of goals this season. But I am talking about changing games and changing the way you are playing the game.
‘I think they would definitely look at somebody that would fit into a very technically organised side. A team that can stretch.
‘There is a lot of talk about what’s happening with Isak at Newcastle. You look at Isak, you could say, “yeah [you’d take him]
‘You could probably see somebody like him at Arsenal the way he plays. The way he can link up. The way Mikel would want him to play in that team if it was him or a player of that stature.
‘But we need somebody, first and foremost, who is going to take the half-chance.’
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