Newcastle United’s Alexander Isak is the ‘finest striker within the Premier League at this second in time’ and will be part of Arsenal.
That’s the opinion of former Watford striker Troy Deeney, who picked the Sweden worldwide as a part of his BBC Workforce of the Week for the newest set of fixtures.
Isak scored the third and arrange the fourth to assist Newcastle thrash Leicester Metropolis 4-0 on Saturday, taking him to seven targets and 4 assists in 14 Premier League video games this season — alongside one other objective within the EFL Cup.
5 of these direct objective involvements (3g/2a) have are available in Isak’s final three appearances, with the 25-year-old’s kind significantly enhancing of late.
Alexander Isak: Arsenal urged to signal Newcastle talisman
The Premier League is house to some elite strikers proper now, together with Erling Haaland, Nicolas Jackson and Ollie Watkins.
Nonetheless, in response to Deeney, Isak stands above all of them and needs to be a goal for Arsenal — who’ve been utilizing Kai Havertz as a centre-forward for some time now with .
“The most effective striker within the Premier League at this second in time,” Deeney wrote for following the weekend’s motion. “Sure I’ve stated it and sure I stand by it. He’s the entire striker. Unreal. Each time I watch him I preserve considering, how haven’t Arsenal signed him?
“He’s a very good participant and finisher. He’s a poacher however he’s additionally such a silky participant. You don’t see many silky poachers.”
Up subsequent for Newcastle is a house tie in opposition to Brentford within the EFL Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday earlier than the Magpies journey to Ipswich City within the Premier League on Saturday.