 Gary Neville feels Arsenal must sign a new striker following their 2-2 draw at home to north London rivals Tottenham on Sunday. Arsenal news, exclusives and analysis Sign up Privacy Policy The Gunners currently have Gabriel Jesus as their main striker with Eddie Nketiah usually operating as a back-up option, while Leandro Trossard can also be deployed as a centre-forward. Arsenal sold striker Folarin Balogun this summer, while recent signing Kai Havertz is being moulded into a midfield player. Neville believes Arsenal need to recruit a new forward option if they are to close the gap to Manchester City. 'You've got to have a couple of players in your team, at least one, who have that smell of where the ball is going to land,' Neville said on his podcast. 'Not a poacher, the days of poachers are gone that just play off another striker and two up top. We're not in that moment anymore. 'When you think of the forward lines we've seen at Barcelona with David Villa, Pedro and Lionel Messi all those years ago – none of them are real strikers as in goal-sniffers. Sergio Aguero was, but we're not even talking about that, we're talking about someone who knows where to be. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 'What I didn't used to like as a defender, but also listening to Sir Alex Ferguson, the coaches and the England coaches over the years, it always had to be that strikers had to make runs across the defender. 'That if it's on the other side of the pitch and it's getting crossed to the back post, you make that run into the back post. 'On a corner, on that second ball when it's getting flicked on, you've got to get in at the back post. At the end it just hit me, because I think of Ian Wright starting in and around the six-yard box because I used to mark Ian Wright at corners and he was a nightmare. 'He would always peel){kind=link}
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Gary Neville feels Arsenal must sign a new striker following their 2-2 draw at home to north London rivals Tottenham on Sunday.
Arsenal news, exclusives and analysis
The Gunners currently have Gabriel Jesus as their main striker with Eddie Nketiah usually operating as a back-up option, while Leandro Trossard can also be deployed as a centre-forward.
Arsenal sold striker Folarin Balogun this summer, while recent signing Kai Havertz is being moulded into a midfield player.