Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's exit from Arsenal means that the Gunners have lost their main source of goals in recent years.
Whilst they will need to address that issue in the summer transfer market, for the remainder of the season, the club have predominantly entrusted Alexandre Lacazette and Eddie Nketiah - both of whom are expected to follow Aubameyang through the exit door - with the burden of finding the form needed to fire Arsenal to the Champions League.
But do the Gunners have a third centre-forward option in Gabriel Martinelli?
Arsenal legend Martin Keown certainly thinks so.
"I am a huge fan of Martinelli," he told the Mirror in August of last year. "His limited game time has to be down to the injuries he's had and the manager wants to be very careful with the time he spends on the pitch. There is no doubt he has the ability for me.
"I think on that left-hand side is where he is most effective, but he brings energy, pace, movement and is a natural finisher. If he wants to move in centrally, which is effectively what Arteta wants in the team.
"It's well known I would like to see him play more, it doesn't matter what I think, it's what the manager thinks.
"This needs to be an injury-free season for him and one where Arteta makes use of that energy that he brings to his team."
As Keown eluded to, Martinelli has been a viable option on the left-wing, and has really come into his own this season as Arteta has properly kickstarted the Gunners' rebuild.
However, plenty of people have followed Keown's claims and suggested that he's got the talent to operate centrally.
Jurgen Klopp has praised him on several occasions. He labelled him as the "talent of the century" back in 2018, and recently told Sky Sports - as cited by the Mirror - that he's an "outstanding" talent.
"Martinelli by the way... everybody should remember that name," Klopp said. "Outstanding player."
Arteta will be desperate to add a forward to his side in the summer, but the option to choose Martinelli is there, and gambling on the Brazilian through the middle - to solve his big selection issue - might just pay off.
