Arsene Wenger is right, Arsenal don’t actually need Alexis Sanchez… they already have the most prolific striker in the Premier League this season

MAYBE Arsene Wenger was right, Arsenal don’t need Alexis Sanchez…

After all, they already have the most prolific striker in the Premier League – Olivier Giroud.

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The French forward has been contained to the role of ‘super-sub’ this season at the Emirates.

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But he has more than made the role his own, netting eight times in just 777 minutes of action in the 2016-17 season.

While his goals tally doesn’t quite match that of Sanchez he is scoring far more frequently, according to date from EA Sports.

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Giroud has found the net once every 97.1 minutes, compared to one strike per 131.1 minutes for the Chilean star.

With Sanchez edging closer and closer towards a summer move away from the Emirates - possibly to Antonio Conte's Chelsea - Wenger may be forced into giving Giroud another chance as a starter.

Elsewhere in the Premier League, Harry Kane comes in second in the minutes per goal stakes with 19 goals scored every 99.7 minutes.

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Romelu Lukaku has scored 21 times in the league this season at 121.3 minutes per goal, with Sergio Aguero in fourth with 14 goals - coming ever 127.3 minutes.

Sanchez comes in fifth, with Blues man Diego Costa following with his 17 goals coming every 141 minutes.

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Manchester United's hero on Tuesday night Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored 15 times this term at 150 minutes apiece.

Meanwhile Dele Alli (14 goals) and Andy Carroll (8) round off the top ten at 161.3 and 165.6 minutes per goal respectively.

Data Courtesy of EA SPORTS, the Lead Partner of the Premier League.