Four ways Arsenal could line up until end of Premier League season with Mikel Arteta facing unprecedented striker crisis

MIKEL ARTETA has immoderate immense decisions to marque successful the coming weeks.

Arsenal are successful the midst of an wounded crisis.

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Kai Havertz has been ruled retired for the remainder of the season[/caption]

Kai Havertz became the club’s latest prima to endure a important injury this week.

The striker sustained a torn hamstring portion grooming successful Dubai and is present acceptable to miss the remainder of the season.

And with Gabriel Jesus, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli already connected the attraction table, the Gunners present find themselves severely limited successful attack.

Arteta presently has conscionable 3 archetypal squad forwards astatine his disposal – loanee Raheem Sterling, 17-year-old Ethan Nwaneri and Leandro Trossard.

The Spaniard could beryllium forced to play immoderate stars retired of presumption portion helium waits for the likes of Saka and Martinelli to instrumentality adjacent month.

Here, SunSport look astatine 4 ways Arsenal could enactment up successful onslaught successful the coming weeks.

Nwaneri striker

Earlier this season, Arteta admitted helium would similar to spot Nwaneri successful the No9 relation 1 day.

He said: “I deliberation helium tin make into a No9. He has got the extremity successful beforehand of him and helium looks astatine the extremity and helium has a tremendous quality to enactment the shot successful the backmost of the net.”

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Arteta sees Ethan Nwaneri arsenic a imaginable striker

With Havertz present absent, that time could travel sooner alternatively than later.

Should Nwaneri determination into the centre, Sterling could instrumentality his spot connected the close until Saka returns to fitness.

Meanwhile, Trossard volition astir apt support his relation connected the left.

Sterling striker

The 30-year-old played arsenic up apical connected respective occasions during his Manchester City and Liverpool days.

Arsenal’s existent wounded situation could spot him determination backmost into that position.

Sterling played arsenic a No9 during his clip with Man City and Liverpool

In 62 outings arsenic a centre-forward, Sterling scored 25 goals and provided 10 assists.

The Gunners volition beryllium hoping helium tin find his signifier arsenic helium approaches the extremity of his indebtedness spell.

Should Sterling determination inside, Nwaneri volition astir apt spell to the close with Trossard connected the left.

Trossard striker

Trossard has played cardinal connected a fig of occasions for Arsenal, usually successful a mendacious nine-style formation.

Arteta could utilise that again successful the adjacent fewer weeks to combat the lack of a striker.

Leandro Trossard has played centrally before

Should that beryllium the case, the Spaniard could effort thing wholly antithetic by moving Kieran Tierney to the wing.

Tierney played near midfield connected a fistful of occasions during his clip astatine Celtic but ne'er arsenic precocious arsenic a winger.

Such a determination volition astir apt spot Nwaneri enactment connected the right.

Merino striker

Probably the astir unexpected enactment connected this list, Merino is besides allegedly being considered arsenic a imaginable striker for Arsenal.

The midfielder has ne'er played arsenic a No9 professionally but Arteta could springiness him a accidental successful the adjacent future.

There is speech of the 6ft 2in prima utilizing his physique and stature arsenic a makeshift cardinal striker – a small spot similar the mode Marouane Fellaini was deployed by Manchester United.

Mikel Merino could commencement arsenic a No9