Mika Biereth: Arsenal’s Future Number Nine?

Mika Biereth is a 21-year-old fearless striker with ambitious goals to reach his full potential in the game. The Danish international spent the first half of the season on loan at Motherwell, where he had a successful spell scoring six goals with five assists in 14 appearances before he was recalled in January - a decision that left Steelman boss Stuart Kettlewell ‘disappointed’, as he expected Biereth to be at the club until the end of the season. 

Biereth is now back out on loan at Austrian side SK Sturm Graz, where he scored on his debut in a 2-0 victory over Austrian Wien in the quarter-final of the Austrian Cup. Whilst he was kept scoreless in his first two league matches against RB Salzburg and Rapid Wien, he did open the scoring within four minutes of their 4-1 win vs. Slovan Bratislava in the UEFA Europa Conference League.

The former Fulham academy player is a robust striker who can be a real thorn in the side of any defence he’s playing against. There are high hopes within Arsenal that Biereth could go on to be the club’s future number nine forward. The prospect if fully aware of the competition he faces to try get into Mikel Arteta’s first team squad as it’s already stacked with quality players in the striking department. 

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