Arsenal Transfers: 5 Strikers Wenger Should Sign Instead Of Stevan Jovetic

by Joseph Dempsey

will have £70 million to spend this summer will have provided beleaguered fans on the terraces with some hope that there is but the faintest glow of light at the end of the tunnel but reports on who the money will be spent on have been thus far underwhelming. The 'marquee signings' Arsenal fans had hoped for are looking more and more unlikely with every passing news report and the continued speculation linking Fiorentina's Stevan Jovetic to the club aren't filling this particular writer with confidence for the seasons ahead at the Emirates. A prolific goalscorer Jovetic is not. Since moving from FK Partizan in 2008, the Montenegrin has only scored 39 times in 133 appearances for the Italian side and his tally for the season so far is 12. If fans were hoping for a 'Robin Van Persie' who is going to get you 30+ goals a season, Jovetic is not your man. Arsenal have never replaced RVP since he went to United, and they need a similarly prolific goalscorer if they are to remain in the top four of the division competing for honours. Here, we take a look at 5 other strikers Arsene Wenger should sign instead. Click "Next" to begin.

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Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.