Tony Cascarino believes that a surprise Arsenal star could play as a striker as Mikel Arteta attempts to find a permanent solution for the position.

Arsenal are having a great season, top of the Premier League and Champions League tables and through to the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup.

Their form has slumped of late though, winning just two of their last five league games, while Arteta has been dealing with an ever-growing injury crisis.

Fitness issues have plagued the team’s centre-forwards with Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus missing nearly all of the season so far, while Viktor Gyokeres has also just returned from a muscle problem.

As a result, midfielder Mikel Merino has been used as a makeshift No.9 to good effect, recording seven goal contributions in the last eight

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