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Arsenal have started to scout ‘pure goalscorer’ after his stunning start to 2025

Mikel Merino covered for Kai Havertz superbly well last time out at Arsenal – but Mikel Arteta still needs a new striker.

The Spain international scored both goals as Arsenal recorded a 2-0 win over Leicester last week, keeping the Gunners in the Premier League title race, although dept💙h is worryingly thin across the attacking department.

Position Team Played MP Won W Drawn D Lost L For GF Against GA Diff GD Points Pts
1 LiverpoolLiverpool25 18 6 1 60 24 36 60
2 ArsenalArsenal25 15 8 2 51 22 29 53
3 Nottm ForestNottingham Forest25 14 5 6 41 29 12 47

Not only is Havertz absent, but Gabrie🍃l Jesus could also be out until the end of 2025, while Bukayo Saka is still recovering from a torn hamstring too.

With Mikel Arteta abundantly aware Arsenal need a new striker, the Gunners have now started to keep tabs on Youssef En-Nesyri.

Arsenal monitoring Youssef En-Nesyri

A story from in Turkey now stateཧs that Arsenal are keeping an eye on the Morocco international, ahead of a potential summer bid.

En-Nesyri has starte🃏d 2025 in fantastic form, scoring 14 goals in just 11 appearances for Fenerbahce, which has alerted Mancheste🏅r United as well as Arsenal.

Takvim add that a bid of €35m (£29m) was made for the Moroccan during the win🧸ter transfer win▨dow from an unnamed club, although Fenerbahce opted to reject the offer.

En-Nesyri, who was linked to West Ham last summer, has netted 23 goals 𝓀in 35 games across all competitions so far this season.

Mikel Arteta could bring a “pure goalscorer” to the Emirates Stadium

The 27-y♓ear-old is a remarkably consistent goalscorer.

En-Ne🐼syri boastꦚs 116 goals in 325 career appearances, with 73 of those strikes coming in 196 games for Sevilla.

Photo by Ahmad Mora/Getty Images
Photo by Ahmad Mora/Getty Images

During his time in Spain, En-Nesyri was even called a “pure goalscorer” by Jacek Kulig of Football Talent Scout, after a particularly strong♒ couple of weeks in which he scored two hat-tricks.

Arsenal remain keen on Benjamin Sesko – while Alexander Isak is the dream target for Arteta – but ifও those moves fail to materialise, a swoop for the Fenerbahce No.19 could🐷 prove fruitful for the Gunners.