Arsenal urged to move on from £100 million striker target by Premier League icon and sign rising England star instead

Premier League legend Lineker believes Arsenal should move for Ipswich Town's Liam Delap this summer as they try and solve their striker issues, despite Alan Shearer suggesting Napoli's Osimhen, who is on loan at Galatasaray, would guarantee them goals.

Shearer said on The Rest is Football podcast: "Victor Osimhen is there isn't he? He without a doubt would score goals for them. The problem they've got now is the whole world knows they need a forward. So a player who might have cost £60-70m is now going to be worth £100-110m when Arsenal come in. They need a top-class centre forward, they did before a ball was kicked this season and my opinion hasn't changed."

Lineker then replied: "If I were them I'd go for Delap at Ipswich. I know he's young and not entirely proven but he's scored quite a lot of goals in the Premier League this season for a team that's obviously struggled having been promoted. I like him and his movement. There's talk of him going back to Man City but [Erling] Haaland has signed a nine-year deal, so you might have to wait an awfully long time to get a game."

Arsenal are without forwards Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus for the rest of the season due to injury as calls for them to sign a new striker reach fever point. Osimhen has been prolific in Serie A for Napoli and the Nigerian has 20 goals in 25 games for Galatasaray this term but the 26-year-old is likely to cost more than Ipswich's Delap, who has 10 Premier League goals in 2024/25 in a relegation-threatened side. While it is not certain which attacker will join Arsenal this summer, it seems they have to sign someone of note to try and end their Premier League title drought.

Transfer rumours aside, Arsenal, who are 11 points behind league leaders Liverpool, play their game in hand on the Reds away to Nottingham Forest on Wednesday night.