Man City's £65million investment looks even smarter ahead of Premier League rivals’ summer desperation

World-class strikers look set to dominate the transfer window once again this summer as the Premier League's 'best of the rest' play catch up with Manchester City and Arsenal.

The hardest position to play and the most expensive to fund, 20-goal-a-season forwards have always been a rare commodity and the number of teams desperate for one is ever on the increase. Manchester United's desire for a leading man has been well documented in recent months, with loan signing Wout Weghorst proving little more than a stop-gap as Erik ten Hag eyes a big-money move come June.

Similarly, Chelsea seem to have been on the search for a frontman since the departure of Diego Costa in 2017. The Blues are currently shoe-horning Kai Havertz into an unnatural position while the £97.5million Romelu Lukaku is on loan and struggling. Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang, Timo Werner, Gonzalo Higuain, Alvaro Morata and Michy Batshuayi have all come and gone in the past eight years.

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Such is the demand for strikers this summer - across Europe as well as in the Premier League - that prices for those worth buying have sky-rocketed. Harry Kane will enter the final 12 months of his contract at Tottenham and is expected to tell Daniel Levy he wants out, but the 29-year-old will still likely cost more than £100million.

Victor Osimhen's form for Napoli this season has been outstanding, his 21 goals in 23 Serie A appearances placing Luciano Spalletti's side 19 points clear at the top and on course for a first scudetto since 1990. However good the Nigerian has been, this is his first truly prolific season and yet there is suggestion he could cost up to £150million.

The hunt for a world-class striker