The reality that Manchester City will probably defeat Arsenal in the race for the Premier League title seems inevitable, despite the efforts of the television broadcasters to create some late drama.

But, all in all, the Gunners’ season has been incredible. Unlike the latter half of 2022–2023—Mikel Arteta has led his merry reds to the Champions League quarterfinals, and there hasn’t been a disastrous collapse.

On May 19, the last day of the season, they might have to lament a late loss to Aston Villa a few weeks prior.

Even if they don’t win, they can still be proud of themselves, and with the transfer window opening soon, they will have an opportunity to strengthen the team in preparation for another difficult season.

Who, therefore, could enter the Emirates Stadium? It is anticipated that a striker may be in the works.

The summer plans of Arsenal

According to reports from last week, if the right offers came in, Arsenal may consider selling Gabriel Jesus in the summer.

The Brazilian has had a difficult second season in London, scoring just four goals in Premier League play. Terrible, indeed.

Thus, in recent weeks, the talk of a bright new center-forward has dominated the gossip circuit. Serhou Guirassy in Stuttgart might be one possibility.

That’s according to Caught Offside, who reported this past weekend that the 28-year-old striker is admired by a number of teams, including Manchester United and Newcastle.

Milan, Bayern, Dortmund, and Atletico are further interested parties. Nevertheless, it’s thought that the Guinea international would rather join a Premier League team that participates in the Champions League. In the event that Arsenal decides to move in the next months, that would place them in a strong position.

What role Guirassy would play for Arsenal

This season, Arsenal has scored 88 goals, more than any other team in the premier league. So, it’s quite amazing that they think they need a striker.

They have, nevertheless, had some noteworthy instances where they have struggled in the penalty area. They lost four games in a row around the Christmas break, and they wasted a lot of golden opportunities.

That was notably the case in a 1-1 draw with Liverpool where Arteta’s team squandered chance after chance. Then, in three more FA Cup games against West Ham, Fulham, and Liverpool, they only managed one goal.

Surprisingly, they have since discovered a solution in Kai Havertz, a center forward who has made 16 appearances while contributing six assists and seven goals.

Nevertheless, he only has 12 goals in the league, so a more conventional striker needs to be found. They could locate the solution in Guirassy.

The forward has been in “insane” form this season, scoring goals on 27 times in 28 games, according to one scout. He’s now among the greatest in the world at his position, having scored 25 goals in 26 Bundesliga games.

With those stats significantly exceeding Arsenal’s, the Stuttgart star is in some pretty good company in Europe this season.

With 20 goals in all competitions this season, Bukayo Saka leads the team in scoring, although he only has 16 in the league. The Englishman has had an amazing campaign, but having a natural goal scorer would undoubtedly help him and everyone around him.

One who truly benefits might be Martin Odegaard. In 2023–2024 he has tallied eight assists, but in all honesty, he ought to have had considerably more.

In the Premier League, he has generated 94 opportunities, second only to Bruno Fernandes (108), and his predicted assist total for the season is 10.55. In recent weeks, the skipper has demonstrated that he is on a whole new level.

The Norwegian produced eight opportunities during open play in the team’s 5-0 thrashing of Chelsea a few weeks ago. That was the highest amount of goals scored by an Arsenal player in a league match since Mesut Ozil did so against Everton in October 2017. Amazing stuff.

Therefore, Odegaard is the one who deserves the opportunity to play next to a top striker. Although Guirassy isn’t mentioned in the same sentence as others just yet, it’s clear that he can score goals, which would improve the team’s attacking style.

Arsenal already creates opportunities at will thanks to Odegaard and company, but they can still do better in front of goal. A center forward like Guirassy would be a great addition to the team for that.