Mikel Arteta's Arsenal woes compounded as Juventus boss makes Erling Haaland claim

Arsenal 's failure to land Dusan Vlahovic has been compounded after Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri bragged the Serbian sensation is up with Erling Haaland as one the best strikers in world football.

The former Fiorentina frontman joined Juve for a fee in the region of £66million during the January transfer window, reportedly snubbing the Gunners' advances.

Mikel Arteta was tipped to add firepower to his ranks last month, however despite offloading Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Barcelona, no replacement was secured.

Having missed out on Vlahovic, who was believed to be their top striking target, Arsenal have now had rubbed salt into their wounds by the forward's new manager at Juventus.

"Vlahovic has scored a lot of goals and has characteristics we didn’t have and we needed him," Allegri told reporters "Along with Haaland he’s one of the best centre-forwards in the role.

“I have been impressed by the desire of a player who wants to improve. He wants to work all day, that’s what you need to achieve results.”

The latest claim is sure to irk Arteta and his Arsenal faithful, with the latter in particular left frustrated at the club's lack of activity during the recent window.

The 22-year-old scored 17 goals in 21 Serie A games for La Viola during the first part of this season before making the recent move to Turin.

Arsenal reportedly tabled an offer of £50m plus midfielder Lucas Torreira, who is already on loan at Fiorentina, last month, however, the Gunners were rejected in favour of Juventus.

According to Football Italia, the striker's agent Darko Ristic didn't even listen to offers from the Premier League due to his dream of playing for the Italian giants.

The North Londoners will now have to wait until