Arsenal will make a surprise summer move for Chelsea’s Daniel Sturridge, according to the Daily Mail.
It is reported that the Gunners’ chief scout, Steve Rowley, is the main man behind any move for the England international.
Sturridge is supposedly frustrated with the Chelsea management at having to play in a wider role rather than his favoured central striker position, where he believes he is most effective. Especially given the lack of goals from Fernando Torres and Didier Drogba, with the Englishman leading Chelsea’s scoring charts this season following a successful loan spell with Bolton last year.
Any offer for the former Man City attacker would realistically have to be around the £20 million mark and a move would surely hinge on whether Arsenal keep hold of skipper Robin van Persie in the summer.
With Chelsea reportedly looking in to summer moves for Edison Cavani and Hulk, it would appear his chances remain slim of making the wide position his own in the near future.
The 22-year-old still has two-and-a-half years left on his current deal with Chelsea so far refusing any talk of a new deal, as his current has plenty of time left to run.
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No way is he good enough. We have many players who can operate the wings and Sturridge is a winger who, like Walcott, wants to play up front. There is a reason why neither player can get off from the wing.
Can Sturridge play up front for Arsenal as a lone striker? I don’t think so.
Good point. Even if we do buy him where is he gonna play? won’t get ahead of Gervs and Ox, plus RVP is unplayable so Daniel would just be warming the bench
we need a squad capable of winning things, this means more than one striker, we need also someone to partner van percy when we want to change the formation to two up front. i think wrenger would like to do this from time to time. people who think different just look at the sunderland game when henry came on, we had two center forwards and van percy dropped of into the number 10 position or more like a free roll. further more sturidge is more than capable of playing as a lone striker for a team like arsenal and did a great job in that position for bolton last year so saying he can not play as one is slightly ignorant. plus he was an arsenal supporter and if you read carefully what he has been said to have said you would realize he does not mind playing in other positions he just wishes to be given a chance from time to time to show what he can do. i think he is a class player with bags of skill, love for our club, a style of play that would finish off lots of our moves, young and with a hell of a left foot. swap him for wallcott any day but theo is skill a good player. but unlike sturidge does not process the touch or vision to play as a lone striker. theo needs to play for a counter attacking team next to a big man or someone who can hold onto it and feed it to him so he can run onto it. arsenal press in 80 percent of the games so he has no space, thats why he only looks good 20 percent of the time. he needs to play for a martin o’neil type of team. sturidge will suit arsenal i have no doubt, and lets face it van percy being fit for two seasons running would be a miracle.