Arsenal add experienced £72m striker to Alexander Isak and Jonathan David transfer shortlist

It seems that Mikel Arteta could be looking for more experience to spearhead his attack ahead of next year, rather than taking the risk by signing a young player to score the team’s goals.

According to Italian outlet Calciomercato, Arsenal have added Lautaro Martinez to their shortlist of summer of striking options, as Arteta plots his new-look strike force.

The Gunners were reportedly interested in signing him last season, but he opted to sign a new contract at his current club Inter Milan.

Since then, Arsenal have been linked to strikers such as Alexander Isak and Jonathan David, who are under the age of 23, however, Arteta could be looking in the direction of a more experienced centre forward.

Despite 24 still being. younger age for a striker, Martinez is still very experienced having scored 11 goals in 22 Serie A games for Inter this season, and 61 goals in 164 games for the club overall.

His scoring exploits has been carried over to the Argentina national team as he has scored 19 goals in 37 caps and played a major part in their Copa America win in the summer.

Arsenal will be in desperate need of a striker in the summer, as Alexandre Lacazette could be set to leave the club at the of the season due to his contract expiring at the end of this campaign.

If he does depart from the club then Arsenal could be left with just one recognised striker in the form of Folarin Balogun. Nketiah’s contract is also set to expire at the end of the season and move to Barcelona means that Edu would have offloaded three forwards within the space of six months.

This could be why Arteta is looking to bring the experience of Martinez, as a striker who comes in will need to hit the ground running, and with Isak and David being