“He’s become desirable for the big teams” – Arsenal urged to sign PL flop or ex-Newcastle United star as striker options by Fernando Morientes

Real Madrid legend Fernando Morientes has urged Arsenal to sign Villarreal’s Ayoze Perez or Atletico Madrid’s Alexander Sorloth in the upcoming summer transfer window. Morientes believes the two attackers will come in cheap and also solve their goal-scoring issues to an extent.

Speaking to Online Casinos, Morientes highlighted that the two LaLiga strikers had done well in the league and can help Mikel Arteta‘s side in the attacking department. He pointed to the duo’s experience in the Premier League as well and said (via METRO):

Perez played for Newcastle United and Leicester City before moving back to Spain. Sorloth played for Crystal Palace but couldn’t impress, and was loaned out to Gent and Trabzonspor before moving to RB Leipzig and then to Spain.

Mikel Arteta confirmed earlier in May that Arsenal were looking to sign a striker this summer. He reasoned that they could not do much in January as there weren’t enough good options. The Spaniard said (via ESPN):

Arsenal were without a striker for the second half of the season after Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus picked up respective injuries.

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