Mika Biereth is on his third loan spell away from Arsenal (Picture: Getty Images)
Arsenal striker Mika Biereth is enjoying brilliant goal-scoring form on loan at Sturm Graz, with teammate Manprit Sarkaria thrilled for him, saying: ‘He scored in almost every game!’
The 21-year-old was in the youth ranks at Fulham before moving to Arsenal in 2021, although he is yet to make his first team debut for the Gunners.
Instead he has been sent out on loan, to Dutch side RKC Waalwijk last season, before moving to Motherwell for the first half of this campaign.
Arsenal recalled Biereth from that stint in Scotland, which the Motherwell boss Stuart Kettlewell described as ‘a major, major disappointment’ after the forward scored six goals in 14 league matches.
He was linked with a loan move to the Championship but instead has been sent to the Austrian Bundesliga with Sturm Graz, where he is enjoying himself and looking good.
Two goals have come in his first four league games for the Austrian side, while he has scored one in one in the domestic cup competition and two in two in the Europa Conference League.
The Denmark Under-21 international scored in the 4-0 win over Wolfsberger on Sunday, with Sarkaria also netting and ending a long run without a goal for himself, dating back to October.
Sarkaria was delighted to end that drought and return to something like the confidence that the loan star has been enjoying.
‘A striker is there to score goals, he has to fulfill this task,’ he said via Laola1. ‘But I still put myself at the service of the team, ran a lot, worked. Today I rewarded myself.
‘You just take that with you into training and into the next game. You can see it with Mika right now. He scores in almost every game and of course that’s good for him.’
Biereth scored on his debut for his latest club against Austria Vienna last month, quickly winning over his new fans.
‘It’s a really good feeling,’ he said at the time. ‘It’s important for every striker to get off the mark as quickly as possible. That was the first goal, but I want to stick with it and score as many as possible until the end of the season.
‘I like to think I’m efficient. Every time I get the chance I try to score. There were a few situations in this game where I tried the pass but I didn’t Maybe a shot from me would have been better, but I can’t complain about a goal from a shot.’
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