View From The Sphere

Does Wenger need to sign another striker to keep Gunners at the top?

|

Olivier Giroud10 games down, eight wins, one draw and a defeat and sitting firmly on top of the Premier League table with 25 points (five clear of Chelsea and Liverpool), yet Arsenal need to sign a striker in January if they are to mount a serious title challenge this season according to former Gunner Stewart Robson.

Arsenal are currently on a nine game unbeaten run in the league since their 3-1 opening day defeat to Aston Villa at the Emirates, and in-form forward Olivier Giroud combined with superb performances from Aaaron Ramsey have had a lot to do with it, with the former netting five goals so far this term and the latter finding the back of the net six times in nine Premier League starts thus far.

However, like the season where Robin van Persie bared the goal-scoring burden on his shoulders for Arsenal, Robson believes it has now been shifted to Giroud.

Arsene Wenger’s strike force has depleted over the past months with Marouane Chamakh leaving for Crystal Palace in the summer, Lukas Podolski constantly injured and Yaya Sanogo to young to handle such pressure in his first season at the club. Wenger’s situation upfront has become so bad that he has even decided to keep Nicklas Bendtner as a back-up option, a man who, since this season, hasn’t featured for the club for two years!

Over the summer, it was evidently clear that Wenger wanted to bolster his forward line with the likes of Luis Suarez and Wayne Rooney supposedly on his radar. However, the Frenchman was unsuccessful with his pursuits and didn’t manage to sign a striker before the summer window shut. And ex-Arsenal midfielder Robson reckons signing another striker in January will turn the Gunners into serious title contenders:

‘I don’t think they need that many new players in January, though they probably need a second centre-forward just in case Giroud picks up an injury.

‘Bendtner has not been good enough, we know that, so we probably need another main striker. We can’t get more creative midfield players, we’re inundated with them.’

Robson finished off by saying:

‘If Arsene Wenger keeps his cool and he doesn’t get riled if they lose a couple of games, I think they have every chance of staying right at the top.’

Most definitely we need to sign a striker this winter. If Giroud were to pick up a serious injury from now until then then we will be in serious trouble and will have to rely on Bendtner to find the back of the net.

I’ve heard we’ve been linked with a move for Karim Benzema this January and if this proves to be accurate reporting then I hope Wenger can pull this deal off as the French forward isn’t admired by the Real Madrid faithful.

If we manage to sign a prolific striker in the next transfer window and be there or thereabouts after the Christmas period then we will have a real chance of winning the Premier League this season.

Do we require another striker to come in this winter in order to fight for the Premier League crown this season?

Let us know your thoughts on the matter below

Share this article

4 comments

  • alo ayodeji says:

    We need a back-up for Olivier Giroud= Costa/Lewandowski

  • Amoah Gabriel says:

    We need a powerful striker who is good both in the air and on ground and pacy too. I believe diego costa is the ideal solution or probably chicarito as we have a,lot of creative midfielders,who can do job

  • Marvin says:

    Wenger need to get another striker to OG to fire up the goals to win the league, as he was having Robin Van Persie as a second striker to T. Henry and will come in as a substitute and score goal. get rid of Bentner and Park and sign a prolific striker differ from OG. stop contemplating the old ideas that has not being working for the past 8 yrs. Don’t wait on Walcott & Lucas to return from injury, if OG get injuried, we are out of the race to win the league. let go January to get a new world class striker, cuz this is our year to shine.

  • Abba says:

    Yes we do n if Benzema comes our way then the title is surely ours!

Leave a comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *