Olivier Giroud:
The Montpellier striker has fired his club to the upper echelons of Ligue 1 and has reportedly attracted interest from Newcastle and Arsenal in recent weeks. There appears to be no credibility in these rumors, but the 25-year-old would certainly appeal to Wenger given his French roots and transfer fee of around £7-10 million. Giroud certainly hasn’t got the same quality of Van Persie, but the French international would be a good understudy and back-up option for the in-form Dutchman. Giroud has the technical ability and intelligence to succeed at Arsenal and is my personal choice, along with Podolski, to join The Gunners this January.
Matias Suarez:
Very few Arsenal fans are aware of this 23-year-old Anderlecht striker, but Wenger has reportedly got scouts watching him at the moment. Touted as someone in the Javier Hernandez mould, Suarez would be available for as little as £6 million. The departure of Lukaku has allowed Suarez to flourish and you can always bet on the Anderlecht academy to have imparted him with good technical skills and ability. He’d certainly want to move to a club like Arsenal and looks like someone Wenger likes to sign – he’s young, technical and cheap.
Marco Reus:
One of the breakthrough players in the Bundesliga this season, the Borussia Mönchengladbach striker is one of the hottest properties in European football. The German is being linked with a move to Bayern Munich, but will find it hard to establish himself in a star studded line-up. The 22-year-old also has a £16 million release clause in his contract that reportedly comes into effect this summer. Though an extremely costly target, the German international has the talent to become one of the best players in world football. If Wenger decides to move for him in January, then he may have to pay up to £30 million due to his club performances this season and I don’t think there is any realistic chance for us to land him, as he is being chased by a lot of big clubs.
If Wenger is looking beyond the African Cup, then the Frenchman has options like Moussa Sow, Salomon Kalou and many others to look at.
No matter how much he snubs talks of players coming in January, I’ve seen enough from Wenger’s press conferences to suggest that he’s aware of his team’s shortcomings. I am pretty sure that Wenger is searching for reinforcements and trust him to make the right moves this winter.
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anybody below podolski is not acceptable by me, am tired of watching unknown talents and under averages called young players brought into Arsenal.
WE NEED THE TWO GERMANS AND SHOULD SELL CHAMAKH, ARSHAVIN, SQUILLACH, AND ALUMUNIA, PLUS THE PROCEEDS FROM NASRI, FABREGAS, ETC TO FUND THEM. THIERRY SHOULD BE SIGNED AS ADDED BONUS, BUT CAN NOT BE ONE OF THE TWO STRIKERS, I REPEAT TITI SHOULD NOT BE ONE OF THE TWO STRIKERS,BUT RATHER A SUPER-SUB FOR CRUNCH MATCHES IN EUROPE STARTING WITH THE LAST 15 MINUTES AT THE SAN SIRO.
My money is on us getting Podolski. Though he is erratic ( form wise ) but I am sure he will flourish under Wenger. Besides he can also play on the wings which is a plus Wenger always like to have.
We can get rid of Diaby ( shame but we have to ), Arshavin, Rosicky, Chamakh. Squillachi, Almunia and Bendtner to raise money.
Would also be great if we sign either of Gotze, Hazard or Shaqiri ( prefer Shaqiri to the others).
We should keep Rocisky. There are times when we need to accelerate the game and the czech republic man provides us that.
keep rosicky as we can how impact he make when he came from the bench to replaced lazy frimpong last nite….benayoun shud regularly play..
i will go for the 2 germans, they will prove useful considering the number of arial balls we play in a match…..! All d best Arsenal