Joleon Lescott has named two Premier League strikers Arsenal ‘should have signed’ instead of Viktor Gyokeres.

Gyokeres has endured an underwhelming first season at the Emirates Stadium following his £64m summer move from Sporting.

The 27-year-old scored almost a goal a game in Portugal but has been nowhere near as prolific in the Premier League, netting eight in 25 games.

Gyokeres has improved since the turn of the New Year but Arsenal fans still expected more from a player who was seen as the final piece of the jigsaw in Mikel Arteta’s squad.

Sweden international Gyokeres has even dropped out of the team in some games and Lescott believes this is all the evidence needed to show his signing was a mistake.

Arsenal did need a new No.9 last summer but Lescott believes they should have signed Joao Pedro or Hugo Ekitike instead of Gyokeres.

Pedro has scored 13 goals since his £60m move to Chelsea last summer, while Ekitike has 15 goals in all competitions since joining Liverpool for a little under £80m.

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