Teddy Sheringham believing Eddie Nketiah to be "a young Ian Wright" is only the second most ridiculous thing he said while discussing Arsenal's striker injury crisis.

As things stand, Arsenal will be without a recognised centre-forward for the remainder of 24/25 😬 Arteta could bring in a free agent to help 📝

Kai Havertz suffered hamstring injury on Arsenals warm-weather training camp trip to Dubai; German set to miss rest of season leaving Gunners without a recognised centre-forward; Gabriel Jesus out wit

The German forward’s injury leaves Arsenal without a recognised striker in their ranks for the next month at least, with fellow No9 Gabriel Jesus also unable to play again this season and Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka’s injuries further depleting their forward line.

The Athletic’s David Ornstein has confirmed Kai Havertz will miss the rest of the season as Arsenal face a striker crisis.

The injury to Havertz adds to Arsenal's fitness issues up front, with Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli all currently out.

Arsenal's injury issues may be about to get worse but Mikel Arteta may have already hinted at a striker solution

Despite that, Arsenal opted to not sign a replacement forward during the January transfer window and instead seemed to have relayed faith in their teenage duo Myles Lewis-Skelly a