According to reports from The Daily Mail over the weekend, Arsenal and Manchester United have already missed out on one of their most consistently linked targets for the coming transfer window - PSG star Edinson Cavani.

After months and months of speculation regarding his future, it appears the Uruguay international has agreed a move in principal with Juventus - although a price still needs to be agreed with the French champions. But in my opinion, there's little cause for weeping at the Emirates or Old Trafford. Have the Premier League duo really missed out by letting a 28-year-old striker, worth anything between £40million and £60million according to the tabloids, join one of European football's most decaying top flights? Not really. In fact, not at all.

Don't get me wrong, Cavani is a talented striker and a very efficient goalscorer. If his return of 52 goals in 92 appearances for PSG can be watered down by the fact the French capital outfit have been easily the most dominant force in Ligue 1 during his two campaigns there, the 104 goals in 138 outings he netted at Napoli - a club trapped in Juventus' monumental shadow - certainly can't.

Furthermore, in theory, the Uruguay international is tailor-made for Premier League football. He's strong, powerful, formidable in the air and knows how to operate with his back to goal. He's built in the mould of the old-fashioned No.9s that still dominate the English top flight today - the likes of Diego Costa, Olivier Giroud, Wilfried Bony and even Tottenham's prodigal son Harry Kane.

Yet, when the history books reflect upon the greatest strikers of the current generation, Cavani won't be one of them, overshadowed by Uruguay strike-partner Luis Suarez and PSG team-mate Zlatan Ibrahimovic to name a few. Even Manchester United's current options Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie and Radamel Falcao, despite the latter duo's tribulations this season and the positional ambiguity ever-surrounding the former, will likely be remembered in significantly higher regard.

Yes, Cavani is a good goalscorer - and the prevailing argument will always be that goals win games. But he's not the total package of playmaking, creating and all-round contributing like many of his continental counter-parts - epitomised best by the fact he's claimed just three assists in his Ligue 1 career, averaging out at 0.05 per-match, despite playing alongside one of world football's most proficient strikers in Ibrahimovic. The law of averages suggests even a layman like myself would be lucky enough to get more assists than that, simply by regularly passing the iconic Swede the ball.

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That, in essence, sums up arguably my biggest criticism of Cavani - he's really not much of a team player. Parisian politics and the continuous brilliance of Ibrahimovic have clearly impacted his attitude over the last 18 months - and few club record signings would expect to find themselves fielded regularly in an unnatural position to accommodate an ageing 33-year-old. But Karim Benzema has had to accept a subordinate role to Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid. Suarez has done the same regarding Lionel Messi at Barcelona. Neither of them went AWOL from a winter training camp to go motorcycling around South America; neither of them have ended up in touchline spats with their respective managers.

Of course, whether Arsenal and Manchester United should bemoan Cavani's Juve move largely comes down to viable alternatives. Admittedly, the transfer market isn't exactly awash with readily available world-class goalscorers at the minute, but there are some options worth considering.

Gonzalo Higuain, for example, a striker dependable for both goals and assists and a former team-mate of United's Angel Di Maria and the Gunners' Mesut Ozil, could leave Napoli this summer after the club's failure to qualify for the Champions League. He's valued by the tabloids at £28.9million, and boasts a career return of 212 goals in 447 appearances throughout his spells with River Plate, Real Madrid, the Naples outfit and the Argentine national team.

Likewise, Lyon's Alexandre Lacazette looks ready for the next level. Only Messi and Ronaldo have scored more league goals than the 23 year-old this season and his lightening pace would particularly serve him well in the Premier League. And then there's the string of audacious rumours claiming Real Madrid are ready to cash in on Karim Benzema. Strong, powerful, quick and skilful, the France international would be perfect for the Premier League, and having lived in Ronaldo's shadow for so long he's still got a point to prove. £40million isn't the most absurd price for a 27-year-old still in his prime with four terms remaining on his current contract.

Suddenly, £40million-£60million for a striker who's moaned his way out of PSG and will be just a footnote in front-man history when he eventually retires doesn't seem like the best value-for-money option. Let Juve pay over the odds for Cavani; Arsenal and Man United's money can be better spent else where.

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