Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta reiterated his desire to sign the striker this summer, but said the position is one of the hardest to fill.

Wednesday's Champions League semi-finals headed to Paris Saint-Germain, meaning Arsenal will end for the fifth straight season without silverware, despite continued progress since the charges in December 2019.

His only trophy remains the 2020 FA Cup, with Arsenal strengthening its frontline pressure this summer to increase their chances of increasing their honors.

Sources told ESPN that Red Bull Leipzig has appeared on Arsenal's finalists to striker Benjamin Sesko, Viktor Gyökeres of Lisbon and Alexander Isak of Newcastle, and Arteta quoted comments from the January window when the club signed a marriage for January and signed a month's Moving filla and signed Filla and the Dialie Move, sources told ESPN.

"Do I have to be clearer? Is January very clear?" he said. "I tell you, because you're in the room I think so many times, and it's a very clear statement. So is the statement.

"I want the best team, the best players. If we have three goalkeepers over 25 years old and bring them in, we'll be a better team."

Arteta continues to push whether the top forwards are the toughest players, he continues: "Probably because not many people are putting these numbers (up). It's something in the statistics. Not so many in the Premier League.

“I’m going to try to improve, but certainly improve what we have now and love what we have now.

“Especially after losing, it’s too easy to go elsewhere, don’t use this moment to specifically judge the player.

“Because, I’ve been asked a lot of questions about certain players in this room, always at some moments. But when other players outperform the other players we’re discussing, I’ve had zero questions over the past 11 months.

"It's all about context, to the narrative you want to generate. I understand."

Arteta also said Liverpool should have the Honor Guard when he heads to Anfield on Sunday and said his side took a step back in the league this season.

After finishing second with 89 points and scoring 91 goals, Arteta's team scored 67 points and scored 64 goals in the last three games.

"In the Premier League, we went backwards," Arteta said. "With the perspective we created, it's obvious that we're not doing as well as last season, which is obvious.

"They deserve to get (the guard of honor). They're the best team, they're the most stable, and what Arne (Slot) and the coaching staff do is fascinating, it's really good, they deserve to get the sport completely. That's the sport, when someone is better, you have to applaud and take it and take it and try to get to that level.

“There are things that have to drive you, motivate you, and pain can be good pain sometimes used when you really don’t want to do something, but that’s the right thing, usually the motivation for the next season.”