A sad, sad day.
He ends with 1,096 goals for Arsenal from 886 games. Not a bad return on the best £102m I have ever spent on FM!
2022/23 - 21 goals (21) - he signed in January 2023/24 - 62 goals (83) 2024/25 - 70 goals (153) - his best ever league season with 58 despite missing seven games! 2025/26 - 76 goals (229) - so beating Henry's record in just THREE AND A HALF YEARS!!! 2026/27 - 40 goals (269) - poor season! 2027/28 - 57 goals (326) 2028/29 - 52 goals (378) 2029/30 - 69 goals (447) - that's more like it, Erling! 2030/31 - 60 goals (507) 2031/32 - 85 goals (592) - his best season - so far! 2032/33 - 95 goals (687) - his best season ever in his tenth full season for us. Never quite managed 100 in a season, only starting 30 league games this year! 2033/34 - 79 goals (766) - although interestingly he got more goals in the league this year. 2034/35 - 68 goals (834) 2035/36 - 52 goals (886) - and his average rating dips below 8, never to return 2036/37 - 61 goals (947) - still not exactly a bad player!!! 2037/38 - 65 goals (1,012) - he breaks the magic 4 figures, what an amazing achievement 2038/39 - 41 goals (1,053) - scores under 50 in a full season for only the second time. 2039/40 - 43 goals (1,096) - injury prevents him reaching 1,100 and forces him to retire despite my best efforts. What a career!
The daft thing is he would be perfectly capable of playing at an elite level for at least another couple of seasons...