Arsenal Set To Sign Club Brugge Striker As Back-Up To Gabriel Jesus

Premier table-toppers, Arsenal is reportedly keen on adding another striker to their ranks to back up Gabriel Jesus in order to maintain their Premier League title race.

Infoexpert24 reports that Arsenal have taken 24 points from an available 27, edging out defending champions Manchester City at the top of the table by one point.

And Mikel Arteta’s men secured a victory over usual title contenders, Liverpool, on Sunday, winning 3-2 at the Emirates and extending their points lead over the Reds to 14.

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Summer signing Jesus has been Arsenal’s focal point in attack, netting five and assisting three in nine league games.

Gunners would like to sign another young striker to deputize Jesus, and Club Brugge’s Ferran Jutgla has landed himself on the North London club’s radar.

Ferran Jutgla

The 23-year-old has scored eight goals and assisted five in 14 games across all competitions this season.

Two of those have come in the Champions League against Porto and Atletico Madrid.

His form has helped edge the Belgian club closer to reaching the knockout stages of Europe’s elite club competition for the first time since the 70s.

Jutgla’s goal-scoring prowess may also force Spain manager Luis Enrique’s hand and land him a first senior Spain call-up, which would see him make his debut at the World Cup next month.

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The Spaniard joined Club Brugge from Barcelona in the summer for £4.5million.

Brugge would allegedly demand in the region of €10m (£9.77m) if clubs begin to show interest at the midway point of the campaign, although they appear in line to request in excess of that figure at the current time.