Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has outlined the traits of the striker he hopes to sign this summer.
After depriving Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang off the captain’s armband in December, Arteta approved his exit to Barcelona in January.
The current captain, Alexandre Lacazette, and Eddie Nkeitah, are both out of contract at the end of the season.
Arteta has previously stated that he will almost probably recruit a new striker.
“He puts the ball in the net, that’s priority number one,” the Spaniard remarked when asked about who he is searching for by Sky Sports.
“Goal threat. Any successful team needs enough goal threat in the squad. Without it, you have nothing. You can play good football but you need enough goal threat in the team.
“The other thing is that he has to complement the other people we have, personally and on the pitch, and for that, we need the right profile.
“We need a profile where you can exploit his qualities at the same time as the qualities we already have, so we don’t have to transform our way of playing again to adapt to that specific player.
“He has to have a certain age, a certain level of experience, and he has to be able to come here and play under the pressure of being at Arsenal.”
