Arsenal can resolve Saka crisis by signing ‘unstoppable’ £60m ‘machine’

Things just haven’t gone from the arsenal way this season.

Mikel Arteta side finally put an end to his first division fell to a resounding 5-1 victory over Crystal Palace on Saturday, and while fans should have been delighted with such a display, the mood has soured once again.

At the beginning of the first half, the club’s poster boy Bukayo Saka He came out with what looked like a hamstring injury, and yesterday afternoon, he was confirmed that he would be out “many weeks.”

Such an injury threatens to derail the club’s entire campaign, but if they make the right signings in January they could keep things going – and the good news is that they were linked with the perfect candidate last month.

Saka’s form this season

It’s bad enough losing one of your attackers to injury, but it’s another level when the star you lose is arguably the most important player on the team, which is exactly what Saka is for Arsenal.

For example, in his 24 appearances in all competitions so far, the Gunners’ ‘future legend’, as Nicknamed by scout Jacek Kulig.has marked nine goals and gave 13 assistsmeaning he averaged one goal involvement every 1.09 games.

Unsurprisingly, this made him both the top scorer and assistant in the North London team, the next best attacker being Kai Havertz with 11 goals and three assists.

In short, trying to replace the Hale End icon is a near impossible task, but that doesn’t mean the club shouldn’t try, especially when a player they have already been linked with this year would do an excellent job contributing. goals.

The Premier League star who could solve Arsenal’s Saka problem

So, to get straight to the point, the player we are talking about is Brentford goalscorer extraordinaire, Bryan Mbeumo.

The good news is that the Gunners were actually linked with the Cameroon international at the end of last month; The bad news is that, according to a Football Insider report from October, the Bees will demand around £60 million to sell it in January.

Now, this is certainly a huge amount of money to spend on a player midway through a campaign, but given the circumstances and what could be at stake in terms of major honors this season, the club has to spend.

That said, why would Mbeumo be an excellent replacement for Saka over the coming weeks and months?

Well, firstly, like Hale Ender, he is a left-footed attacker who plays primarily on the right, and he has done so with aplomb this season.

For example, in just 17 league games this year, the 25-year-old “machine,” as he calls it football producer Michael Johnstonhas marked Ten goals and two assists.that is not a million miles from English five goals and ten assists in 16 league games.

Furthermore, the “unstoppable” dynamo born in Avallon, as it is called Premier League legend Alan ShearerIt’s not just that he’s lucky at the moment, as in just 25 league games last season he racked up a huge haul of goals. 15 goals and assists for one team That also had problems.

Finally, while the exciting goalscorer would be brilliant cover over the coming months, he is also good enough to compete with the Gunners’ number seven when he returns to fitness, and has the positional versatility to challenge whoever is on the left and in the middle. to boot.

Ultimately, apart from the likes of Lamine Yamal and Mohamed Salah, there may not be another winger in world football who can replace Saka at the moment, but Arsenal have to try.

Therefore, of all the options likely to be presented to them next month, signing goalscorer Mbeumo from Brentford seems the best.