{"id":9442,"date":"2025-02-24T05:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T06:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=9442"},"modified":"2025-02-24T07:04:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T07:04:55","slug":"gary-lineker-names-the-striker-arsenal-should-sign-ahead-of-chelsea-and-man-utd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/gary-lineker-names-the-striker-arsenal-should-sign-ahead-of-chelsea-and-man-utd\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Lineker names the striker Arsenal should sign ahead of Chelsea and Man Utd"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ex-England striker Gary Lineker (Picture: YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gary Lineker<\/a> has named the striker Arsenal<\/a> should sign this summer as their lack of firepower looks set to cost them a shot at the Premier League<\/a> title.<\/p>\n

It felt like a defining week in the Premier League title race as Arsenal suffered a shock defeat to West Ham and Liverpool cruised past Manchester City.<\/p>\n

Arsenal had the chance to close the gap to Liverpool to just five points on Saturday but were beaten 1-0 at home to Graham Potter\u2019s West Ham<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Liverpool then extended their lead at the top of the table to 11 points with a relatively comfortable 2-0 win at reigning champions Man City<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lineker and Alan Shearer agree it is absolutely essential for Arsenal to sign a \u2018top-class striker\u2019 this summer after leaving Mikel Arteta short of options this season.<\/p>\n

Arsenal failed to make any January signings despite losing Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus to injury, and then saw Kai Havertz pick up a season-ending setback during their warm-weather training camp in Dubai<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Premier League record goalscorer Shearer named ex-Chelsea target Victor Osimhen<\/a> as a possible Arsenal signing but Lineker believes the Gunners should look closer to home and sign Liam Delap from Ipswich Town.<\/p>\n

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The title is slipping away from Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Delap has already hit double figures in his first full Premier League season and is expected to leave Ipswich if they get relegated amid interest from the likes of Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Osimhen, meanwhile, has impressed on loan at Galatasaray this season after being frozen out by Napoli boss Antonio Conte<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Asked by Lineker who Arsenal should get to solve their striker woes, Shearer said on The Rest is Football podcast<\/a>: \u2018Victor Osimhen is there isn\u2019t he.<\/p>\n

\u2018He without a doubt would score goals for them. The problem they\u2019ve got now is the whole world knows they need a forward.<\/p>\n

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Ipswich Town striker Liam Delap (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018So a player who might have cost \u00a360-70 is now going to be worth \u00a3100-110 when Arsenal come in. They\u2019re going to have to pay over the odds and perhaps that was there issues last summer and in January, maybe they refused to pay over the top for someone.<\/p>\n

\u2018They need a top-class centre forward, they did before a ball was kicked this season and my opinion hasn\u2019t changed.\u2019<\/p>\n

Lineker then said: \u2018If I were them I\u2019d go for Delap at Ipswich.<\/p>\n

\u2018I know he\u2019s young and now entirely proven but he\u2019s scored quite a lot of goals in the Premier League this season for a team that\u2019s obviously struggled having been promoted.<\/p>\n

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