Gallas: Why Osimhen is ideal for Arsenal, he’s like Drogba!
Former Chelsea and Arsenal defender, William Gallas has told Mikel Arteta to make signing Victor Osimhen in January a priority and believes the Nigerian will be the perfect option to boost the Gunners’ attack.
Arsenal are fourth on the Premier League log so far this term after 11 games and nine points behind leaders, Liverpool.
Arteta’s once rampaging side have struggled for goals and have scored just once in their last three outings in all competitions with Kai Havertz the team’s top scorer so far with four league goals while Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli are second with three goals each.
Osimhen was linked with Arsenal in the summer but ended up heading to Galatasaray in Turkey where he has impressed with eight goals and four assists in nine appearances across all competitions.
‘If I could sign one player for Arsenal in January, it would be a world-class striker, but they are not available in January. No top, top strikers are available at the moment. I wanted to speak about Osimhen because I know he’s at Galatasaray, and I still don’t understand why he’s there.
‘That’s the type of profile Arsenal need. They need a player with that pedigree. With Victor, maybe he won’t score 20 goals in the season, but he will scare defenders, he will give them a hard time, and that will give the opportunity for players around him to score goals.
‘That’s why he reminds me a little bit of Drogba. If you remember when Drogba was at Chelsea, he gave the defenders a hard time. Frank Lampard was around, almost a second striker, and always scored.
‘I think, maybe one season, he had more goals than Didier. Arsenal doesn’t have that player at the moment. When you look at Gabriel Jesus, he’s not really fit, he doesn’t play. Looks like he’s not happy. Sterling doesn’t play. Havertz, up and down, up and down. You need more consistency,’ Gallas who scored 25 goals, provided three assists and kept 122 clean sheets in 321 appearances in the competition told Prime Casino.
