Mario Mandzukic:
With Robert Lewandowski’s imminent arrival at the Allianz Arena, it looks as if Mario Mandzukic’s career at Bayern is well and truly over. The Croatian is the highest scorer for the Bavaraians this season and even if major tabloids claim Bayern don’t want to sell their prized asset, Mandzukic is reluctant to sign a contract extension.
The German club are willing to increase the Croat’s salary this season to ward off interest from foreign clubs, but if regular football is what he craves for, interests from Premier League clubs should lure him away from the Allianz Arena. A fantastic striker, more of a fox in the box with skills that of a poacher and a lethal finisher, Arsenal should go all out to sign Mandzukic in order to have a realistic push for the Premier League title next season. His positioning in and around the box might well and truly help Ozil to form a formidable partnership for the Gunners in the final third.
Now let’s compare some of Mandzukic’s stats with Giroud. When looking at the stats for any striker, the first thing that comes to mind is his shot accuracy. Although Giroud has scored 13 goals in the season so far, his shot accuracy is a meagre 40% which goes to tell the disappointment in the French International. Meanwhile Mandzukic having played 4 games less than Giroud in the league has scored 17 goals with a shot accuracy of 70%. Almost 30% more goal threat than the Arsenal man. So it’s safe to say, the Bayern striker can definitely be a better fit than Giroud.
Stats taken from squawka