£70m striker wanted by Arsenal deemed just as good as Erling Haaland

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Arsenal could certainly do with bolstering their attacking ranks in the summer transfer window.

Although the Gunners‘ front line is brilliant, there’s scope to bring in an out-and-out target man to convert the many chances that come their way.

Dusan Vlahovic has been linked with Arsenal numerous times over the past few years, and this was the case in the January transfer window too.

For instance, Tuttomercatoweb reported that the Gunners were exploring a deal for the Juventus striker in the window just gone.

Admittedly, such a signing would’ve been difficult to pull off in the January window, particularly with FFP constraints. Besides, selling a primary source of goals mid-season isn’t the done thing.

However, if Arsenal go on and make a move for the Serbia international in the summer transfer window, they’d be getting a player deemed as good as Erling Haaland.

Arsenal target Dusan Vlahovic ‘has nothing to envy’ about Erling Haaland

This is according to Serie A icon Giovanni Galli, who says he’d happily trade Haaland for Vlahovic were he in Pep Guardiola’s sky-blue shoes.

“Maybe it may seem like a provocation to you, but for me, it’s not that much of a provocation,” the retired goalkeeper told Tuttosport.

“if I were Guardiola and they told me, ‘You would make the exchange between Vlahovic and Haaland’, I would do it easily. Dusan has nothing to envy the Norwegian.”

“At Juve, he must take advantage of the few opportunities that come his way because the Bianconeri are not a team that doesn’t grind out play like City who have 10 chances per game.

“Yet Vlahovic already has 12 goals despite everything. I’d like to see him in a more attacking team. If he were at Manchester City, he would also score 50 goals a season like Haaland. I’m sure.”

Recent reports have suggested that Juve want at least £70million for Vlahovic, so it’s something Arsenal will have to think about when it comes to their summer targets.

Ivan Toney is also said to be a Gunners target, and he’s proven in the Premier League, so it’ll be interesting to see who Arsenal decide to go for and how much competition there’ll be for both players.