Arsenal are considering making a move for Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is still in need of a striker up front to really have a chance of making progress in the league next season, with the team relying heavily on injury-plagued Olivier Giroud last season.
Danny Welbeck is Arsenal’s other option up front, however he too struggles with a knee injury. Wenger could use Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain as additional forwards, but Walcott has recently returned from a year on the sidelines, while Chamberlain has also had problems.
Dzeko, 29, is also being chased by Roma, but would prefer to stay in the Premier League.
Despite a decent strike rate, he has never managed to fix himself a place in the starting 11 at The Etihad since signing from Wolfsburg in 2011 for £27million.
The arrival of Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling, Villa’s Fabian Delph and possibly Wolfsburg’s Kevin De Bruyne could make it even harder for him.
Meanwhile, Wenger has always been a big fan of the striker, and has always preferred the option of a ‘big’ striker up front, having owned players such as Emmanuel Adebayor and Nicklas Bendtner.
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