Former Arsenal star Paul Merson has urged the Gunners to sign Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane in the summer.
Kane left English football in the summer of 2023 when he joined Bayern Munich in an initial £82 million deal, and he’s continued to lay claim to being one of Europe’s deadliest frontmen with 72 goals in 73 games at the Allianz Arena.
The 31-year-old won the European Golden Boot last season but failed to get his hands on the Bundesliga title.
Arsenal are experiencing problems in attack amid a glaring lack of a proven goalscorer in Mikel Arteta’s squad that has plagued them during their Premier League title race with Liverpool.
Kai Havertz is the Gunners’ top scorer in the top flight with nine goals in 21 games, and many were surprised a new forward didn’t arrive at the Emirates during the January transfer window.
Merson gave his thoughts on Arsenal’s current dilemma regarding a poor run in front of goal, and he told his former club to turn to Kane.
Merson suggested that the prolific forward may be persuaded to join the Gunners over Spurs because he’ll have a ‘better chance’ of breaking Alan Shearer’s Premier League goalscoring record of 260 goals if he were to move to the Emirates.
He mentioned Sol Campbell as a precedent for someone making the move in their quest for success.
“He’s got that clause ain’t he. If he wins the league as he should win the league with Bayern Munich, when he does that, I’d think that’s it. If he thinks he can come back and beat Shearer’s record, I don’t see the point in coming back to Tottenham.
“There’s no point coming back to Tottenham to make him have a chance of beating that. I don’t think he’ll have as much chance of beating that at Tottenham as he would at Arsenal.”
Kane spent a season with Arsenal’s Hale End academy when he was eight but was released in the summer of 2002 because he wasn’t ‘very athletic’, according to former academy coach Liam Brady.
He became a thorn in the Gunners’ side while at Spurs, becoming the North London derby’s top scorer with 14 goals.
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