Arsenal Transfers: 5 Summer Alternatives To Gonzalo Higuain

5. Christian Benteke

Christian Benteke was the fourth best player in England last season and he has the stats to prove it. His 19 league goals throughout an amazing debut in the Premier League put him just two behind double PFA Player of the Year Award winner Gareth Bale in the scoring charts while Luis Suarez and Robin van Persie were the only other two to have outscored the young Belgian. The 22-year-old has bags of potential and following a difficult season at Villa Park, in which Aston Villa were almost relegated, the player has hinted he could be tempted by a move to a "bigger club". Tottenham, Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, ­Fiorentina and Arsenal are just a few of the clubs who have been monitoring the youngster over recent months and there's little questioning Benteke's goals would improve the fortunes of any club. Young and with the world at his feet, the Villa marksman would be an adequate alternative to Higuain.
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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.