Even though Olivier Giroud has been in impressive form of late and Danny Welbeck only arrived last summer, Arsenal appear to be keen on landing a new central striker, with rumours having suggested that they’re chasing a range of targets ahead of the looming transfer window for some time.

The latest name to have cropped up is Anderlecht’s impressive Serbian Aleksandar Mitrovic, who is quite a player. The 20-year-old has been earning rave reviews for his performances in Belgian football with Anderlecht, where he’s already considered to be one of the top tier’s best players, despite his tender age.

However, chances are many Gunners may not know the full story when it comes to Mitrovic, so here are FIVE things to get you by!

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He’s scored more goals than any Arsenal player this season

Arsenal top scorer across all competitions this season is Alexis Sanchez with a tally of 18... Mitrovic has 21 in all competitions. Okay, the difference in quality between the Belgian top tier and the Premier League and the Champions League and Europa League is clear, but the Serbian is still finding the net, which is the hardest part of football at any level.

As the video below shows, he can score all sorts of goals, too!

He’s the ‘new Zlatan Ibrahimovic’

Due to his spiky character, physical stature – he stands at 6ft 3” – and silky skills, Mitrovic has been likened to Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Although accused of being a ‘big game bottler’ by some lazy fans, ‘Ibra’ is one of the most gifted players in the modern era, who has won league titles in Spain, Italy, France and the Netherlands. He must have been doing something right!

He’s a real hot-head

Last season Mitrovic was sent off twice for Anderlecht – he was a teenager at the time – and has also been punished for his feisty nature at international level – he missed a big chunk of the EURO U-19 championships in 2012 after being sent off in his side’s opener against France.

Arsenal have wanted him for some time…

Mitrovic is by no means a ‘new kid on the block’ for Arsenal’s scouts, who have been assessing him since 2013, when he was playing for Partizan Belgrade. At the time, he was likened to Nicklas Bendtner (Ouch!), but that shouldn’t put off Gunners fans, with the 20-year-old a supremely talented footballer who has come on leaps and bounds in the past few years.

Jose Mourinho loves him…

“Mitrovic was the best player on the pitch. He managed to keep the ball well and that was the key.

“That boy has everything to be a European star.”

Chances are most Arsenal fans dislike Jose Mourinho. However, it’s hard to argue that the Portuguese coach doesn’t know what he’s on about when it comes to the beautiful game, making his praise (above) of Mitrovic after he netted his first international goal for Serbia against Croatia back in 2013 particularly interesting.