Former Rangers star, Ally McCoist has suggested that Arsenal cannot win the Premier League title until they sign an ‘out-and-out’ goalscorer who can score 24 goals to replace Kai Havertz in manager Mikel Arteta’s squad.
McCoist spoke following Havertz’s unimpressive display in Arsenal’s FA Cup defeat to 10-man Manchester United on Sunday.
Havertz failed to score and missed some chances during the encounter as Man United eliminated Arsenal from the FA Cup third round clash.
The Red Devils won 5-3 on penalty shoot-out following a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes as Havertz missed his spot-kick in the shootout.
“It’s come back to bite them that they don’t have an out and out goal scorer on the team,” McCoist told talkSPORT.
“Kai Havertz, I think he’s a very good player, I really do, and I have liked him for a long time. I think he’s a very intelligent player but an out-and-out centre-forward he is not.
“He can play the position as a kind of stop gap if you’re really struggling, he can play a false-10 or a false-nine however you want to call it. He can do that but not long term.
“I just believe that to win the league you’ve got to have somebody that’s going to get you 25 goals a season.”
Havertz joined Arsenal from Chelsea for £65million in 2023.
The German, who is Arsenal’s top scorer this season with 12 goals, is not a very clinical player in front of goal.
