Should Arsenal target Gyokeres or Sesko?

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Mikel Arteta and Andrea Berta embraceImage source, Getty Images

We asked for your questions for BBC Sport pundit Nedum Onuoha on your Premier League club.

Daniel asked Nedum - with sporting director Andrea Berta reportedly wanting Viktor Gyokeres and Mikel Arteta wanting Benjamin Sesko - who is the best option for Arsenal?

For me, if all this is true, then I would lean into what Arteta wants.

Arteta is the one that has the true vision of how he wants his team to play.

From a general club standpoint, I can understand why the sporting director wanting Gyokeres. But, the traits the coach sees are more valid.

I'm not saying one player is better than the other, it's just a case of the profile Arsenal need and in this moment I would trust Arteta because he will have done his due diligence on both players and how they'll both fit into the style that he wants to play.

Maybe there's only a marginal difference between the two but sometimes it's a marginal difference between winning a league title or getting knocked out of a cup competition. I would lean towards the manager's judgment on this particular one, especially as Berta has only arrived recently.

If Arsenal are picking from these two, I think it is a big moment to back Arteta.

Gyokeres has played in England before, but not for a team that's trying to win a Premier League title. So, I'm not 100% sold on thinking he would be a guarantee or that he is closer to being a finished article than Sesko right now.

Like I say, I'm a believer in the manager. If he has a liking for Sesko, I'd back him 100% and give him what he wants if the club can afford it.

You can try and compare the leagues, compare the records and so on but, in reality, you have to see it in the Premier League. There will be a sense of anxiety but in Arteta they have a manager who is trusted by the fanbase to develop players.

Arsenal overall in the last few years have been a project so I'd expect the fans to not be too concerned by a player who maybe isn't the absolute best straight away.

Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz, among others, can play in that nine position while somebody's still developing as well.

Whomever they bring in, if they're doing a good job, the fans will very quickly forget who they thought was better before either was signed.

Nedum Onuoha was speaking to BBC Sport's Nat Hayward

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