While Chiesa is a specialist on the wing, the Gunners are rumoured to interested in recruiting a striker this winter. In Gabriel Jesus and Eddie Nketiah, manager Mikel Arteta has two talented options, although they have proven unable to match the numbers put up by Manchester City’s Erling Haaland or Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.
Arteta recently stoked the flames of speculation by claiming that the traditional No 9 is ‘coming back’, adding: “There are a few players when you look at Harry Kane, Halaand, Ivan Toney, [Aleksandar] Mitrovic. You have examples of players who score a lot of goals.”