Arsenal are looking to sign two forward players this summer, and at this stage, Benjamin Sesko and Rodrygo are the options favoured by the club’s sporting department. But according to one former player, the latter should be overlooked.
Arsenal are one of the clubs most interested in signing Rodrygo, who looks to be on his way out of Real Madrid after a disappointing run of form in 2025. The Brazil international is keen to play in his preferred left wing position – he has often been utilised on the right at the La Liga giants) – and Arsenal would allow him to do this. But despite this, there are some people associated with the club that want other players to be considered instead.
Arsenal told to target move for Morgan Rogers
Speaking on talkSPORT (via Football Insider), Ray Parlour called on his former club to abandon their pursuit of Rodrygo in order to prioritise the signing of Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers.
“He’s 22 years old, he’s going to get better. He can play number ten, he can play wide, and he can score you some goals as well. I’d rather have him than Rodrygo.”
Arsenal have been linked with a summer move for Rogers, whose sale Aston Villa could begrudgingly consider due to their well-documented PSR concerns. And because of this, there is a chance that he would be more affordable than Rodrygo, whom Real Madrid are believed to be pricing at a figure in the region of £80m.
It remains to be seen how Arsenal go for as their other attacker alongside a new striker. Rodrygo may be the favoured option now, but Rogers could gain traction over the coming weeks depending on the circumstances that play out during the summer transfer window.
our money is about to be wasted again by Arteta and his series of poor purchases. Edu have angrily left the club because of Arteta’s unnecessary influence that is ravaging the club.
The series of poor purchases he compelled the club to buy for him are difficult to sell off now, therefore he targets other good players like Martinelli. You can still hear rumours of Saliba to Real. He rejected these two players at the beginning, including Partey. They are now, our strong pillars.
I don’t know why he’s forcing the club to buy Sesko who only scored 13 Bundesliga goals and two Champions league goals this season. Arteta hates prolific strikers : apart from Aubameyang, who had scored most of the goals before his arrival, no other striker have scored twenty league goals under Arteta and I don’t see Sesko changing that.
That was exactly how all of us cried against Gabriel Jesus, Arteta called everyone a fool and compelled Edu to buy him as his top striker. Where is him today? how many goals have he scored?
If there’s any coach that deserves sacking , Arteta is the coach and not Posteglue
i agree with you Viktor geokore Viktor osimen are there he will not go for them we have started becoming tired of this arsenal thing sef.
Better off signing Watkins and keep Martinelli Partey and Saliba. Would Martinelli make a good striker if Arsenal miss out in transfer market?
We would have been better off under Emery as manager
LOL