Former Arsenal forward Ian Wright has urged Mikel Arteta to go all out and sign Alexander Isak to boost their chances of winning the Premier League next season.
Despite putting up a good fight, Arsenal lost the Premier League title to Manchester City on the final day with the citizens winning their fourth consecutive Premier League title.
As Arsenal’s wait for their first Premier League title in 20 years continues, Ian Wright beloves Isak will help Mikel Arteta archive his goals at the Emirates.
Alexander Isak of Newcastle United celebrates following the team’s victory in the Premier League match between Brentford FC and Newcastle United at Brentford Community Stadium (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
“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.”
Newcastle’s Alexander Isak scored 21 goals in just 30 appearances this season, averaging a goal every 108 minutes. He has been linked with a summer move away from Newcastle with Arsenal monitoring his situation.
