World-class strikers look set to dominate the transfer window once again this summer as the Premier League's 'best of the rest' play catch up with Manchester City and Arsenal.
The hardest position to play and the most expensive to fund, 20-goal-a-season forwards have always been a rare commodity and the number of teams desperate for one is ever on the increase. Manchester United's desire for a leading man has been well documented in recent months, with loan signing Wout Weghorst proving little more than a stop-gap as Erik ten Hag eyes a big-money move come June.
Similarly, Chelsea seem to have been on the search for a frontman since the departure of Diego Costa in 2017. The Blues are currently shoe-horning Kai Havertz into an unnatural position while the £97.5million Romelu Lukaku is on loan and struggling. Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang, Timo Werner, Gonzalo Higuain, Alvaro Morata and Michy Batshuayi have all come and gone in the past eight years.
