Former Arsenal striker Mika Biereth is currently one of the most in-form goal scorers in Europe and the Gunners will increase their decision to sell him for only £ 4 million.
The 22-year-old never made a first team for Arsenal, but impressed during loan spells throughout Europe at RKC Waalwijk, Motherwell and Sturm Graz. Sturm Graz signed him permanently for just £ 4 million last summer and Biereth continued with 11 goals in 16 games in the Austrian Bundesliga.
As a result, Monaco has expressed a reported € 13 million (£ 10.7 million) plus add-ons to sign Biereth in January and he has scored 10 goals in productive form in Ligue 1. Biereth scored 10 goals in just seven league games for Monaco, including three Hattricks.
He yielded a hat trick against Reims and Arsenal in the first half on Friday that they had not sold Biereth in the summer, with the side of Mikel Arteta who currently walked without a recognized senior striker after both Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz walked seasonal injuries.
Winger Leandro Trossard and central midfielder Mikel Merino have filled in at the front for Arsenal, but the Gunners are without a victory in their last two games after not scoring and their Premier League title is almost over.
Arteta spoke on Wednesday after the 0-0 draw of Arsenal with Nottingham Forest, candid about the struggles on his part for the goal. “We have tried and adjust the quality that we have tried, how we can help the team to create different things, have threats of different qualities, they will probably not come into the box and creating some magical moments, they are other kinds of players,” he said.
“Try to adapt to that and do the best that we can. We now have a day or two to think before the PSV game, all the options that we mainly have against a team that is in a low block.
“Even when they arrive, when they open, if the opponent is much better than we are, then I will probably be in a different state, I know what is missing that piece is there and I just said, there is a lot to play for and we have to find the solution to unlock it.
“We will think about that [using more academy players]I think we have many more options to explore, but also, we can certainly do better with the situation in which we find themselves, especially the unlocking of certain moments, the last pass, the quality of the deliveries, the consistency after persistent attacks. We have to stand on it, they give me reason to insist and to support them the best that we can all. “
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