Ian Wright has implored his beloved Arsenal to sign a ‘top level’ striker in January or face letting another year slip by in their bid for Premier League title glory.

The Gunners missed the opportunity to regain top spot in the table as they crashed to a hugely disappointing 2-0 home defeat to West Ham on Thursday evening, despite dominating much of the game at The Emirates.

After a bright start, Mikel Arteta’s men were rocked by Tomas Soucek’s controversial goal against the run of play before former Gunners defender Konstantinos Mavropanos headed home his first goal in English football 10 minutes after the restart.

Arsenal had a Premier League record 77 touches in the opposition penalty box, but still couldn’t register a goal.

And Wright believes that their shortcomings in front of goal can only be fixed by a player of the calibre of Napoli frontman Victor Osimhen.

He told Premier League Productions: “The calibre of player Arsenal need right now is somebody who hits the ground running, a top end striker, like the Osimhens of this world… that level of striker.

“If Arsenal want to do it now they’re going to need that level of goalscorer who will slot in straight away.

“That’s what they probably need now. I don’t think any Arsenal fan will look at the game and not see that we need a killer in front of goal.”