The past few days have not been particularly pleasant for everyone. arsenal loyal.

Mikel Arteta The team lost more points in the game Premier League Drawed 1-1 away with Brighton, then lost the first leg League Cup Defeated Newcastle United 2-0 at home in the semi-finals.

Both games made it clear that the Gunners are in dire need of some attacking reinforcements this year and one of the forwards they have been linked with past six months It’s from Sports CP Victor Jockles.

However, while this may be unlikely Considering his huge release clauseThe north Londoners have been linked with another young forward this week who has been compared to the free-scoring Swede.

Arsenal eye emerging striker

according to a Reporter Graeme Bailey’s latest reportingArsenal are one of several teams interested in young Sporting CP forward Konrad Harder.

As well as the Gunners, Bailey revealed Premier League sides Chelsea and West Ham United are among the other sides keen to bring the promising poacher to England this month, despite only joining in the summer Lisbon.

Interestingly, although his contract has a release clause worth between 80 million euros and 67 million pounds, reports revealed that an offer of approximately 50 million euros (approximately 42 million pounds) would be needed to attract the Portuguese giants to sell.

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It could be a complicated and expensive move, but one worth fighting for given Hader’s performance this season and the comparisons to Joe Kress.

How difficult is it compared to Gyokeres?

Now, the first thing to clarify is that since Harder is still only 19 years old and in his first season with Sporting Lisbon, it would be unfair to expect him to match the performance of Jock Reis throughout the season. .

However, the young Dane is certainly not shy and has already racked up impressive results Seven goals and three assists Made 22 appearances for the club’s first team.

Furthermore, and even more impressively, he achieved this in just 718 minutes, averaging a goal involvement every 71.8 minutes.

For context, the former Coventry City star has amassed a lot 31 goals and 6 assists In 2,480 minutes of first-team action, that equates to a slightly better average of one goal involvement every 67 minutes.

Having said that, aside from their prowess in front of goal, what are the similarities between these two Scandinavian strikers?

Well, according to respected analyst Ben Mattinson, he actually describing the teen as The two are “very similar” to the Stockholm-born star, possessing “running ability, physicality and powerful hitting ability”.

However, he did state in the preface that the youngster is “more one-footed” as things stand, although that doesn’t appear to be a huge issue given his current production rate as a substitute.

Ultimately, while it’s understandable that Arsenal fans would rather their club go out and spend big money on the extremely good Joe Kreis this year, that’s looking increasingly unlikely.

So if Arteta and Co. want to continue future-proofing the team and sign a player very similar to the Swede for a few million dollars less, acquiring Harder’s services might be the right move. move – as long as others don’t get ahead of them.

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