Benjamin Sesko has hidden trait that Mikel Arteta will love amid Arsenal £67m transfer decision

Benjamin Sesko has provided clear evidence he will bring something to Arsenal that Mikel Arteta struggled to have throughout the 2024/25 campaign.

has claimed the Gunners have entered into negotiations with RB Leipzig for the transfer of the Slovenia international.

It has been noted that Viktor Gyokeres, the Gunners' other top striker target, is still under consideration with Andrea Berta a big fan and his process being to identify multiple options.

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It has been quite clear for some time that Arsenal needed to bring in a new striker with Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz not quite natural No.9s. Arteta is also seemingly aware of how important adding more goals will be.

"I want the best team, the best player. If we have three goal scorers over 25, bring them in and we're going to be a much better team." Pushed on whether a top striker was the toughest type of player to acquire, Arteta added: "Probably they are because there's not that many that put those numbers [up].

Their lack of goals in comparison to the previous two seasons was also telling with no player hitting double figures in the Premier League. During their first real title charge, Arteta's side found the back of the net 88 times and they improved that tally by three for the following season.

However, Arsenal managed just 69 goals in the 38-game campaign just gone which was significantly down from the previous years. It is worth noting that injuries ravaged Arsenal's frontline

Three of those names were absent at the same time with that evidenced by just three goals being scored across four Premier League games and Mikel Merino being their top-scorer in that time.

Strengthening in depth this summer will undoubtedly help matters and though the situation may be difficult to avoid, Arsenal signing Sesko could make it extremely unlikely. That is because he has suffered just three injuries during his senior career with all of those coming when he was at RB Salzburg, as per .

He has missed a total of 61 days with no lasting issue picked up in his two seasons at Leipzig. His impressive availability has resulted in him making 87 appearances in the last two years with 39 goals arriving in that time.