This season, the gifted young player has been amazing.

It’s another second-place finish for the north Londoners after an extremely dramatic ten months of Premier League football that have seen Arsenal pull off last-minute comebacks, destroy their closest rivals, and record the most wins of their career.

Although Mikel Arteta’s team has been practically flawless for the majority of the season, it is not nearly enough to face Pep Guardiola’s incredibly resilient Manchester City. Although Arsenal carried them to the championship game, they will have to start over in the summer.

The focus must be on the attack, though, as the Spanish team has the strongest defense in the league by a margin of five goals. According to recent sources, the Gunners may be on the verge of signing a forward to take Gabriel Jesus’ place and forget about Alexander Isak.

News about Arsenal transfers

Isak and Brian Brobbey are the two names at the top of Arsenal’s list for a new striker they intend to sign before preseason begins, according to a recent report from the Independent.

The report claims that the Gunners believe there is little chance of Newcastle United selling the Swede this summer and have designated the Ajax ace as their backup top choice because they do not want to be involved in a lengthy saga. The former has been a target for some time and is still their top choice over the latter.

The 22-year-old’s official price has not yet been released, but Football Transfers’ Player Valuation Model has estimated that he may be worth approximately €24 million, or £21 million. If this is accurate, that would be a fantastic deal, and the Gunners should seize it.

The Dutchman might not be as well-known as Isak, but he has been playing quite well this season and might be the ideal Jesus improvement as well. If the price is even remotely close to £21 million, Arsenal just cannot afford to pass up this opportunity.

How Jesus and Isak compare to Brobbey

Therefore, the most important consideration for Arteta and Edu Gaspar when trying to buy a striker to assist them close the gap with City the next season is their level of performance.

With a goal involvement rate of 1.2 goals per game in his 43 appearances this season, Brobbey has an incredible 22 goals and 12 assists, which is remarkable for any player, much less one who turned 22 in February.

By contrast, Isak averaged 1.48 goal involvements per game last season with 25 goals and 2 assists in 40 games, while Jesus returned eight goals and eight assists in 36 games for an average of 2.2 goal involvements per game.

Given that U23 scout Antonio Mango called the Amsterdam-born “powerhouse” the standout performer in terms of output, how do the trio’s fundamental stats stack up?

Once again, the Dutchman has the upper hand in nearly all striker-relevant metrics. These metrics include predicted goals and assists without a penalty, goals without a penalty, shoots on target, goals per shot on target, goal-creating actions, and most notably, aerial duels won, all per ninety.

He does, however, trail the Gunners’ number nine in terms of shot-creating actions and passing accuracy, even if he provides the same amount of assists per ninety as the 27-year-old.

Strangely, none of the similarities favor Newcastle’s star striker, indicating that although Brobbrey is Arsenal’s second option right now, he ought to be their first.

In the end, both Jesus and Isak are extraordinarily gifted attackers, and Arteta’s team would undoubtedly benefit from the quantity of goals the latter produces.

But given the possible cost, results, and fundamental statistics, the Spaniard need to focus on Ajax’s standout striker this summer.