Arsenal can make major statement with incredible £147m double transfer swoop

Remember that quote from Jeff Goldblum's character Dr Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park?

"We spent so long wondering if we could, we never stopped to think about if we should." Or words to that effect, apologies to anyone who knows the quote verbatim and for whom I've just horrifically dissected an absolute classic of a film.

You might ask where I'm going with this and the answer is to and specifically their plans to bring in a new striker.

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Let me explain.

It looks, at this moment in time, as if is the chosen one for Mikel Arteta and new sporting director Andrea Berta.

Reports emerged on Thursday evening that had held "concrete talks" with RB Leipzig over a move for the soon to be 22-year-old (it's his birthday on Saturday) and that a deal for a whopping .

and at such a young age still is being , given his frame, style of play and Bundesliga background.

If Arsenal can conduct negotiations well and complete a deal to sign , he will be tasked with scoring the goal to propel the Gunners from three consecutive runners-up finishes in the Premier League to title winners.

His signing would seemingly end the rumours around Sporting CP striker joining the north Londoners. And that's where the Jurassic Park quote comes in. Why? Why should Sesko signing mean Arsenal end their pursuit of ?

have needed another striker for more than a year now and that's with Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus at the club. The duo got injured this season, exposing that transfer failure, but before that, Jesus' future at the Emirates Stadium was not assured.

The have a number of players who can play across the frontline, but are not necessarily adept at being the out-and-out striker. and indeed Gyokeres would give them that, while also offering an ability to play elsewhere in the frontline too.

If question marks remain over Jesus' future at the club, is one striker signing enough? Particularly for a club like Arsenal, who are attempting to battle for the biggest and best trophies available. If Jesus leaves, surely the Gunners will still be one short in the striker department if only one comes in?

The named a 22-man Premier League squad this season and four players are definitely leaving with one more in Thomas Partey at the end of his contract and without an extension as yet. the squad is, in truth, threadbare.

It has been a case of potentially being one or the other when it came to Sesko and Gyokeres, but why not sign both? That would be a real statement of intent and shut the critics up.

It may set them back around £147million to secure both of their signatures and they may well have to look at Financial Fair Play and Profit and Sustainability Rules in order to do so, as well as signing other players in other positions; but the best teams have real strength in depth and bringing in both would certainly secure that for Arsenal.