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Arsenal's evolving attack: The options Viktor Gyokeres and Noni Madueke open up for Mikel Arteta
Arsenal had to address their offensive options this summer. Centre-forward was the main concern, but building greater depth in wide areas and the attacking midfield positions was also necessary. The club are on the verge of a total agreement for the transfer of Viktor Gyokeres from Sporting CP while the signing of Chelsea's Noni Madueke was confirmed last week. The future of existing players such as Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard may still be unclear, but manager Mikel Arteta will start pre-season with more choice. Advertisement The importance of that cannot be understated, especially given how past pre-seasons have provided Arsenal with a platform to take charge of a new Premier League campaign. The summer three years ago is likely the best example. Gabriel Jesus signed before their U.S. tour, then Oleksandr Zinchenko arrived during it, and the pair were ready to give the side a new dimension when that 2022-23 season kicked off. Back then, Arteta landed on what would be his preferred starting line-up in the fifth pre-season game: a 4-0 win against Chelsea in Orlando. Twelve months later, Arteta ended pre-season by using Declan Rice and an aggressive No 8 and Kai Havertz up front in the Community Shield defeat of Manchester City. It was an experiment he would return and stick to from the halfway point of that 2023-24 season as Arsenal benefited from both players' versatility. The additions made to the squad already in summer 2025 could make this pre-season one for the next stage of Arsenal's evolution under Arteta. As the Swede is such a high-profile signing, the most obvious scenario would see Gyokeres slotting in at centre-forward with Bukayo Saka to his right and Gabriel Martinelli to his left. But if Arteta wants to use the five friendlies being played over the next three weeks as an opportunity to experiment, he has the players to get creative. His go-to 4-3-3 system can have fairly straightforward alterations. Havertz could share that centre-forward spot with Gyokeres, with Jesus adding more depth when he recovers from January's anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee injury. Madueke will not join the squad until after their current trip to Asia, as he's now on his summer break after helping win the recent Club World Cup with Chelsea, but can take the place of Saka on the right as well as offering cover on the left. The midfield setup will be more interesting, with just three spaces available. A trio of Martin Odegaard, Rice and a slightly deeper Martin Zubimendi is what we are most likely to see when Arsenal's Premier League season kicks off away to Manchester United on Sunday, August 17. In that scenario, Zubimendi would be the one setting the tempo, allowing Rice to play more of a box-to-box role and Odegaard to rediscover his creative flair. Advertisement While this is anticipated to be the primary midfield trio for the coming season, some fixtures could require different skill sets. For instance, as well as craving a new striker, there were matches last season where Arsenal could have benefited from having another creator in central areas. With the way Myles Lewis-Skelly is used at left-back, drifting into midfield, the side's shape during matches may serve them well by evolving into something that resembles this: Some game-states may only require one of Rice and Zubimendi, as there could be an opportunity to field someone with more attacking verve, such as Ethan Nwaneri. The 18-year-old, who is close to signing a new contract with the club, is set for a more central role in 2025-26. While most of his minutes came either as a right-sided No 8 or right-winger last season, he has had exposure in areas on the left. In last year's pre-season, Nwaneri played as a left-sided No 8 and claimed an assist for Jesus against Manchester United in Los Angeles as Odegaard helped create an overload on that side. Nwaneri played in similar areas in one of England's Under-21 European Championship group games last month, showing decent off-ball movement to create space for himself. He should have scored that day after a well-timed run into the six-yard box, but mistimed his finish. A key part of his development in recent years has also been about how he moves into pockets of space, which should provide more creativity behind the striker if Nwaneri is played alongside another attacking midfielder. Should Arsenal attack in that way, those left-sided positions could be perfect for transfer target Eberechi Eze. The Crystal Palace midfielder has different skill sets to anyone in the Arsenal squad, and would surely thrive with the interchanging that could come in a setup like that. It is not too dissimilar to how they already play in possession, and is actually along the lines of how Arsenal would attack in that 2022-23 season, when the outfielders were evenly split into a defensive five and a forward five. Sometimes, that was changed by Ben White's involvements in attacks, which allowed them to have a presence across the width of the pitch. Arteta has also shown a willingness to play two centre-forwards in a 4-4-2 over the past two seasons. Havertz and Trossard have acted as that strike partnership, confusing defences with one dropping off and one stretching teams in behind. Though Arteta tended to use this approach when other attackers/midfielders were unavailable, it worked for the most part. Trossard and Havertz dovetailed incredibly well, so the manager could see this as a way to play the latter and Gyokeres together in the coming season. Gyokeres scored 97 goals in 102 appearances for Sporting, so the assumption Havertz would be the one who drops off is a fair one to make, but the Sweden international also provided 28 assists for the Lisbon side. At previous club Coventry City, he also assisted 17 goals alongside the 43 he got himself. In fact, he has reached double figures for assists across all competitions in each of the past three seasons. Advertisement Many of those assists came from cutbacks and square passes at the end of Gyokeres' channel runs, including one for Gustavo Hamer in Coventry's 2022-23 Championship play-off final defeat against Luton Town. As a result, ensuring wide players are in support when he breaks could help add even more goals to Arsenal's total. He has also shown an ability to play with another centre-forward for Sweden, where he has partnered Alexander Isak. Last season, three of Gyokeres' four Nations League assists were for the Newcastle United man. One was from a cutback after standing up an Azerbaijan defender, but later in the same game, his pass from a deeper area allowed Isak to run in behind for his second. The 27-year-old also showed good feet in a packed penalty area to flick the ball on to Isak against Slovakia, who showed exceptional technique himself to buy an extra yard for his finish. In a 4-4-2, it may also be nice variation out wide by using Madueke more as a touchline winger, getting around the outside and delivering into the box from the left. It may not be Arteta's go-to approach, but could give opposition defences a different question to answer. Arsenal were too predictable at times last season. Slow approach play into the final third would often be met by a low block, forcing them to play passes back and forth before a hopeful cross was sent into the box. After sorting out their squad depth in deeper areas of the pitch, the recruitment further forward should give Arteta more flexibility and unpredictability in attack for the coming campaign. With that, there may not only be an increase in their goals tally, but also in how entertaining Arsenal are to watch. While these additions may require some players, such as Havertz or Mikel Merino, to fight harder for game time, that is what building a competitive squad is about. The point of looking at Arsenal's bench for the first leg of their Champions League semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain was made last month, not to compare with PSG's options, but to show the calibre of player Arteta had to call upon at a crucial stage of the season. Advertisement Outgoing transfers will come as their pre-season programme continues, but Arsenal are already in a better position in that regard. Now the focus will be on how to get the best out of this refreshed squad, not just at Old Trafford in that opening match next month but throughout a season of 50 to 60 games. (Top photos: Getty Images)
