Piers Morgan wishes devastation on Newcastle United with £150m Arsenal order
Piers Morgan has urged Arsenal to “break the bank” and sign Newcastle United talisman Alexander Isak.
Another toothless Gunners display saw Mikel Arteta’s men crash out of the FA Cup with a penalty shoot-out loss to Manchester United. This result came just days after Newcastle - thanks to a cool Isak opener - stunned Arsenal with a 2-0 win at the Emirates in the Carabao Cup.
Toon fans have already begun booking trips to Wembley despite only having one foot in the final. With Arsenal’s title hopes also on the brink, their fans are calling on the club to spend big in January to attract a superstar striker.
Isak was linked with a big-money move to North London last summer. His red-hot form has seen that speculation ramp up, although Newcastle’s reported £150million price tag will prove tough to meet given the FFP/PSR climate.
Morgan, a prominent Arsenal supporter, has ordered the Gunners to shatter the British transfer record and do whatever it takes to sign “the best striker in Europe”. He told talkSPORT: “How many times have I been on your show in the last three years since (Pierre-Emerick) Aubameyang got shoved out the door?
“He was a genuinely world-class striker who had an incredible scoring record for Arsenal. All right, Arteta didn’t want him, that’s fine, so who are you going to replace him with? And the reality is, I’ve very calmly and politely suggested that we need to sign a proper striker, but the days of calm are now over, gentlemen. We need a bloody striker! A proper one!
"I would literally go right now with a barrel-load of cash and drive to Newcastle and break the bank to sign Alexander Isak. £100million, £120million, £140million, £150million… I don’t care! I will find the players from our 87 defenders that we’ve signed in the last two years to make up the cash for the PSR stuff.
“If you want to win big trophies and be ruthless you’ve got to sign the best players. And right now Isak is the best striker in Europe. Arsenal, break the bloody bank!”