Exit Erling Haaland from the equation, and it is likely that most European football clubs, including Arsenal, choose to sign Alexander Isak this summer.
The Gunners have had a long -standing interest for the Swedish, going up before he was even a Newcastle player.
Unfortunately, after a campaign during which the star man of the Toon won 27 goals in 42 games, he seems to stay in the northeast.
The requested prices of 150 million pounds sterling at 200 million pounds sterling have been praised, which makes this decision almost impossible for anyone, not to mention the artillerymen.
Liverpool would also be at the table and if the men of Arne Slot were to grant the attacker far from Newcastle, it would be a colossal kick in the teeth for Arsenal.
However, there are alternatives and alternatives that share lines similar to the Swedish superstar.
The last on arsenal hunting for new attackers
With movements for Kepa Arrizabalaga, Christian Norgaard and Martin Zubimenddi prepared for the completion in the not too far future, Andrea Berta and Mikel Arteta take place with their summer business.
However, a new striker continues to escape them in the middle of the current talks to sign Viktor Gyokerres or Benjamin Sesko.
Arsenal also watched the wingers, namely Rodrygo from Real Madrid, Morgan Rogers of Aston Villa and the feeling of play of Crystal Palace, Ebelechi Eze.
What if he could find a player with the ability to play on the sides and in the middle? This fact is certainly true for Ademola Lookman.
According to the offside, the Gunners are now in active negotiations to sign the Nigerian striker of the Italian attire Atalanta.
After previous spells in England with Charlton, Everton and Fulham, Lookman has proven himself in Italy and seems to be eager to return to the Premier League.
While Arsenal faces Liverpool competition for his signature, the 27 -year -old would be estimated at around 45 million euros at 50 million euros (38 million pounds sterling) plus additional modules.
How Ademola Lookman could improve the arsenal
Let us give ourselves for the year 2020 for a while. Football is played in camera due to the pandemic and lookman has just missed one of the worst penalty attempts you will never see.
A panenka looks great when she stands out, but in this case she dishonored and embarrassed a young lookman.
Since then, the attacker has become “one of the best prospects in Europe”, in the words of the former defender of the man who became an expert Neuoha.
For what? Well, which could forget the Final lookmanA match where Atalanta won the Europa League in 2024 with the kind authorization of the Nigerian international which marked a superb hat-trick to seal a 3-0 victory over the Bayer Leverkusen of Xabi Alonso.
It was really one of the best individual performances you will see on a large scene and it has not been slowed down since that time.
During the 2023/24 campaign, Lookman scored 17 goals and provided ten assists in all competitions. In 2024/25, he was even better in front of the goal, scoring 20 and recording seven assists.
Undoubtedly one of Serie A’s most exciting players, its productivity rate in the last third is captivating, but the versatility of the player is also a huge point more. Capable of playing on the sides, as an attacker or behind the first n ° 9, this versatile nature should be a big tick for Arteta.
Such a capacity to play in a plethora of positions has managed the website led by FBREF data to proclaim that Bukayo Saka is the third most similar winger in Europe in Lookman, while Isak is the third similar striker. Not bad indeed. But what makes them such? We criticized the figures.
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Lookman vs Isak & Saka: 2024/25 League |
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Stat (by 90 minutes) |
Lookman |
Isak |
Of |
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Goals |
0.60 |
0.75 |
0.31 |
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Aid |
0.20 |
0.20 |
0.52 |
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Shots |
3.24 |
3.10 |
3.44 |
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Key passes |
2.44 |
1.34 |
3.02 |
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Progressive passes |
2.98 |
2.88 |
3.65 |
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Creative actions |
5.41 |
3.01 |
6.09 |
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Successful |
1.48 |
1.37 |
2.14 |
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Progressive door |
5.68 |
2.71 |
5.00 |
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Statistics via Fbref. |
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Blessed with the rhythm, the feet and the center of low gravity, Lookman has a very similar style on the sides with Saka and its ability to start behind and execute the channels can make comparisons with Isak.
This is certainly seen in the figures, where the former Fulham man combines the best of two players here.
It is more powerful than Saka in front of the goal by 90 minutes, but it creates a similar number of key passes. It is also very progressive with its actions, only slightly taking the number 7 of Arsenal to leave them progressive, but in fact ranking higher for the progressive rails.
Like Isak, it completes a similar number of sockets and they are almost equal for shots taken too.
A successful winning is recorded when a player beats his opponent by directly carrying the ball in front of them while retaining possession.
So if Arsenal is not willing to break the bank to sign someone like Sesko or Gyokerers this summer, Lookman could be the next best thing.
It is a rare opportunity to find someone who combines the best attributes of two of the best players in the Premier League.
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