Nicklas Bendtner

Arsenal 5-0 success against Hungary in Szombathely Haladas, under the double by Eduardo and Niklas Bendtner and implementation of Robin van Persie.

Nicklas Bendtner is the target for rossoneri. After the negotiation for Luis Fabiano, as confirmed by all parties involved, is now sank, AC Milan has turned striker decided the Gunners. It seemed the usual voice of the market “fired” by the British tabloid, but the operation is proving very concrete. It appears, in fact, the Milan has already prepared an offer of around 12/14 million. The Arsenal striker was prompted by the arrival of a Milanello Huntelaar to Emirates Stadium, which declined after the Stuttgart is a step in the court of Wenger. Alternatives to Bendtner are practically non-existent with the exception of Royal Dutch first mentioned and his compatriot Van Nistelrooy.

Arsenal secured their first victory of pre-season with an emphatic 7-1 win over Austrian minnows SC Columbia.
The Gunners opened their pre-season campaign with a draw at Barnet on Saturday.
Now as part of their training camp in Austria, Arsenal tackled amateurs Columbia – but they went behind as the hosts took a shock lead on the half-hour through Patrick Lehner.
But Arsene Wenger’s men made sure of victory as they were 3-1 up at the interval thanks to a brace from Nicklas Bendtner (36 & 44) and an Aaron Ramsey (39) strike.
After the break Arsenal cruised to victory as van Persie (56 pen & 73) grabbed two, William Gallas scored (77) and Ramsey added the seventh (83) late on.

With the news today of Emmanuel Adebayor reportedly been sought by Manchester City, Arsene Wenger may well be on the look out for a new striker.

Yes, Arsenal have many options up front despite the increasing possibility of losing the Togo international.

Robin van Persie, Eduardo Da Silva, Nicklas Bendtner, Andrey Arshavin, Carlos Vela, and Jay Simpson to name but six of his options, however each come with a “but.”

Van Persie is not a leading striker who can guarantee Arsenal 20-plus goals a season.

While Eduardo Da Silva has undoubted talent and could be Arsenal’s answer to the fox-in-the-box striker, it remains to be seen can he fully recover from his horror injury and the knock on effects of that.

Towards the end of last season, Nicklas Bendtner came on leaps and bounds to prove his value to the squad. However, he is still prone to missing sitters and needs perhaps another season or two before he can really began to claim an automatic starting place in the Arsenal.

Although used out on the left wing for the second half of last season, Arshavin’s play is more suited to that of a second striker, causing havoc by floating around in front of the defence.

That leaves the unproven Carlos Vela and Jay Simpson.