Emirates Stadium side push on with efforts to bring in one of a trio of top quality striker.
Read more Arsenal transfer news.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has drawn up a list of three striker targets he will pursue in the January transfer window in order to strengthen his attack according to the Telegraph.
With Theo Walcott and Lukas Podolski both out injured the Gunners have been overly reliant on French forward Olivier Giroud and back-up options are so thin on the ground that Wenger has had to draft Danish flop Nicklas Bendtner back into the club’s first team set-up.
Wenger has set his sights on two Premier League forwards with good striking records despite the fact that first team chances have been limited to the pair of them.
Man United’s Javier Hernandez may well be sick of bench warming at the Old Trafford side and could well be open to a fresh challenge after once again finding himself low down the club’s pecking order.
The Mexican international has bagged 54 goals in 126 appearances, an excellent strike rate when you consider 50 of those appearances came from the bench. A proven Premier League goal-scorer, Chicharito may well be the ideal man to help boost the Arsenal attack.
Wenger has also targeted another perennial bench warmer in the form of Man City ace Edin Dzeko who may have hoped his first team chances would have improved under new boss Manuel Pellegrini but this has not proven the case.
The Bosnian watched as Mario Balotelli and Carlos Tevez left the club, in theory giving the former Wolfsburg man a better run at establishing himself in the Man City starting eleven. However Pellegrini then brought in Alvaro Negredo and Stevan Jovetic to effectively end Dzeko’s Man City career.
The 27 year old has scored 46 goals in 121 appearances for Man City, with 51 of those appearances coming from the subs bench.
The third target on Arsenal’s striking wish-list comes in the form of long term Arsene Wenger target Karim Benzema. The French forward has had less of an issue securing regular playing time than the aforementioned pair but the French international has come in for a fair amount of abuse from his own supporters after a poor start to the current campaign.
Carlo Ancelotti appears to be courting the likes of Liverpool’s Luis Suarez and Man City striker Sergio Aguero, players the former PSG boss may feel would be a more natural fit to form a front three alongside Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, and as such Benzema may well be sacrificed to make way in January.
The 25 year old has experienced something of a return to form in recent weeks, scoring four and providing four assists in his past four appearances but that may well not save him from being offloaded by the Spanish giants if a good offer for his services is forthcoming.