00:00Sesko, Sesko, Giocares, Sesko, Giocares, Giocares, Sesko, Sesko, Giocares.
00:06What is happening?
00:08Papa Pink is here with 4-4-2.
00:10Let's talk about it.
00:14N5, aka the carpet.
00:17AKA the team that finished second three years in a row
00:20because they don't have an out-and-out striker
00:23to put the ball in the back of the bloody net.
00:26AKA Arsenal.
00:27The way I view Arsenal is like they're a Michelin star kitchen
00:32with no chef to plate the food
00:34or a Porsche with no driver
00:36or a beautiful ball delivered into the six-yard box
00:39with no one there to tap it in.
00:42Think about the margins the past few seasons.
00:45One goal here, one more goal there
00:47and the Premier League title is red and white.
00:50But no, because instead of a 25-goal striker,
00:53they had a committee of, he's good, but not great.
00:56Kai Havertz, he's been serviceable.
00:59A great utility man.
01:00Scores a fair few goals.
01:02Some may say much better than expected,
01:04but he's just not winning you a league as your number nine.
01:07Gabriel Jesus.
01:08Incredible work rate.
01:10So technically gifted.
01:12But you can't press your way to 90 points
01:14if your striker's hammy gives in every winter.
01:17The striker situation is not just a small problem.
01:19It is the problem.
01:21The midfield's elite.
01:22The defence is elite.
01:23The wingers, electrifying.
01:25But when you need that killer in the box,
01:27that cold-blooded finisher,
01:28to turn 1-0 up into a 3-0 cruising,
01:31Arsenal look around and nobody's there.
01:34Look at the amount of one-pointers
01:36that should have and would have been three
01:38if they had a proper number nine.
01:40Home and away to Brighton.
01:41Home and away to Everton.
01:42Home to Palace.
01:43Home to Brentford.
01:44Away to Fulham.
01:46Need I continue?
01:47And against all odds,
01:49it seems as though Mikel Arteta
01:51might have actually finally realised this.
01:54Can you believe it?
01:56Two names have been going back and forth
01:58and back and forth and back and forth
02:00and you know who they are.
02:02Benjamin Sesko and Victor Jokerez.
02:05Let's break down what each player would bring
02:06to this Arsenal side tactically and stylistically.
02:10Benjamin Sesko, the 22-year-old Slovenian,
02:13has basically been linked to Arsenal
02:15every single day for the past year.
02:18Twitter, TikTok, Insta, Reddit.
02:21He's always on someone's quote-unquote
02:23perfect striker list.
02:25And it's not rocket science to see why.
02:27Sesko is all about athleticism and verticality.
02:31He is huge.
02:33Six foot five.
02:34He's quick, ridiculously quick.
02:37He loves to run in behind,
02:38loves the space
02:39and gives you a proper outlet
02:40when teams press high.
02:42He's not a link-up striker.
02:43Never has been and never will be.
02:45He's not dropping into midfield
02:47like Harry Kane
02:48and pinging 40-yard diagonals.
02:50Sesko sits on the shoulder,
02:52stretches back lines
02:53and keeps defenders honest.
02:54Which would create that much-needed space
02:56for Odegaard, Saka and Martinelli
02:59to operate in those half spaces
03:01that they love.
03:02He's also lethal in transition,
03:04something Arsenal don't currently have.
03:07Imagine winning the ball back.
03:08Rice feeds it into Odegaard.
03:10One signature pass over the top,
03:12Sesko's gone.
03:13You're not getting anywhere near him.
03:15Giesel was a basketballer
03:16to the age of 15.
03:18He's a ridiculous athlete.
03:19You see how high he jumps?
03:21One time I saw him score a header
03:22and he came down
03:23with frost on his bonnet.
03:25Downside?
03:26He's still very raw.
03:28Only 13 Bundesliga goals last season.
03:30And let's be real,
03:31it's difficult to look at that
03:32and confidently say,
03:34yep, that's Arsenal's
03:3520-25 goal a season, guy.
03:37He's not putting up monster numbers yet.
03:40That's the truth.
03:41But, here's the flip side.
03:43At Arsenal, he'd be feasting.
03:45This is a team that creates a ton of chances,
03:47especially from wide areas and cutbacks.
03:50The kind of chances Leipzig
03:52just don't produce
03:53with the same volume or consistency.
03:56So while 13 goals
03:57might not scream world beater yet,
04:00in Arteta's system,
04:01with Odegaard threading passes,
04:03Saka dragging full-backs,
04:04and Martinelli or even maybe Rodrigo
04:07bombing in behind,
04:08Cesc could easily go
04:09from promising to prolific fast.
04:13Leipzig want a deal
04:14somewhere between 68.4
04:16and 85.5 million pounds.
04:19That's a lot of money.
04:21It's a gamble.
04:22You're betting heavily on potential
04:23and not proof.
04:25And Arsenal need it now.
04:27But if it clicks,
04:28big if,
04:2925 goals in this Arsenal side
04:31is far from out the question.
04:33But if Arsenal want guaranteed impact,
04:36if they want a striker
04:37who's putting up Pele numbers,
04:39ripping teams apart
04:40in every competition he plays in,
04:42the other option probably favours that.
04:45Enter Victor Gjokic,
04:47the name on every big club
04:49that needs a striker's lips.
04:51An absolute goal machine.
04:53Last season,
04:5450 games,
04:5554 goals,
04:5612 assists.
04:57Season before that,
04:5950 games,
05:0043 goals,
05:0114 assists,
05:0397 goals
05:04in his last 102 games.
05:07What?
05:08What?
05:09What are Arsenal doing?
05:10This doesn't need to be overanalyzed.
05:12The geezer was put on this planet
05:14to score goals.
05:16When the doctor delivered
05:16baby Gjokic on June 4th, 1998,
05:19he said to his mum,
05:20I'm terribly sorry love,
05:22but it seems as though
05:23your son's only duty in life
05:24is to put the ball
05:26in the back
05:26of the f***ing net.
05:2827 years old,
05:30entering his prime
05:31£84 million release clause.
05:33I'm waiting for a catch.
05:35And here's a bit of
05:35sickeningly bizarre breaking news.
05:37Gjokic has recently followed
05:39a London guard dog service
05:40on Instagram.
05:42The same one
05:42David Reier
05:43and Ben White use.
05:45Ozil Kolasinac
05:46and Reece Nelson
05:47also used to use
05:48the same service.
05:49Make of that
05:50what you bloody will.
05:51So here's where we land.
05:53Sesco ceiling,
05:54sky high.
05:55It could be special,
05:56but there's still
05:57guesswork involved.
05:58Development,
06:00finishing,
06:01consistency,
06:02adapting to pressure.
06:03Gjokic,
06:04there's no guesswork.
06:06He's absolute chaos.
06:07Elite end product.
06:09A proper problem
06:10for defenders.
06:11A solution
06:12for title races.
06:14If Arsenal want
06:14a striker to grow
06:15with the project,
06:16maybe it's Sesco.
06:17But if they want
06:18to end that drought
06:19of lifting a trophy
06:20now,
06:21there's only one answer
06:22and that's
06:23Victor Gjokic.
06:24You know what?
06:25While Arsenal fans
06:26are busy,
06:27fresh in Sesco
06:28and Gjokic updates
06:29every 15 minutes,
06:31let me throw in
06:31a little wild card.
06:33And then you haven't
06:34seen trending.
06:35And then it's not
06:35in every fan compilation,
06:37scout thread
06:38or dream summer window.
06:40But maybe,
06:41just maybe,
06:42the Giza Arsenal
06:43should also be looking at
06:44Jean-Philippe Mateta.
06:47Jean-Philippe Mateta
06:48is criminally underrated.
06:51Let's start with the numbers.
06:52Last season,
06:5317 goals,
06:544 assists.
06:55Season prior,
06:5619 goals,
06:576 assists.
06:59That's elite level output
07:00considering he's been playing
07:01in a palace side
07:02that for large parts
07:04of the seasons
07:05couldn't pass water.
07:06Let alone create
07:07chances consistently.
07:09Mateta thrives
07:10in tight areas.
07:11He's not flashy dribbler
07:13or a silky creator,
07:14but inside that 18-yard box,
07:17so deadly,
07:18it hurts.
07:19One or two touches,
07:20bang,
07:21finish.
07:22Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
07:24Mateta's in the room.
07:27What I love about Mateta
07:29is he stays central
07:31with elite holdup,
07:32pins centre-backs
07:33and brings others into play.
07:35We saw it
07:35in the FA Cup final
07:37against City.
07:37Just look
07:38how instrumental he was
07:40for Eze's game-winning goal.
07:41Proper number nine.
07:43And off the ball,
07:44he presses
07:45like a madman,
07:46cuts passing lanes
07:47and forces mistakes
07:49without just sprinting
07:50for the sake of it.
07:51On the ball,
07:52world class
07:53with his back to goal.
07:54World class.
07:55One-touch layoffs,
07:57bounce passes,
07:58third-man runs,
07:59all the things
08:00Arteta has baked
08:01into this Arsenal set-up.
08:03And most importantly,
08:05he attacks space
08:06between the posts.
08:08Arsenal create those chances,
08:10they just don't have someone
08:11who's always there
08:12to finish them.
08:13Oh,
08:14and yeah,
08:14he's six foot four.
08:16Deceptively quite quick
08:18as well
08:18and only just turned 28.
08:20He's entering his prime.
08:22No 100 million euro price tag,
08:24no mystery clause,
08:26no waiting for potential
08:27to click.
08:28He's ready now.
08:30Arsenal want a clever signing,
08:31a plug-and-play striker
08:32who guarantees goals.
08:35Jean-Philippe Mateta.
08:37Say it with your chest
08:38before everyone else does.
08:40And that's all for now.
08:42Till next week.
08:43Boom, boom, boom, boom.
08:45Mateta's in the room.
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