View From The Sphere

The £15M man to solve and add depth to Arsenal’s defence?

|
Image for The £15M man to solve and add depth to Arsenal’s defence?

HowedesAfter the 4-1 win over Newcastle, Arsene Wenger was asked if he will bring in another centre-back when the January transfer window opens and the Frenchman hinted that he will be looking into it.

Arsenal have suffered several injuries in all areas of the side, with up to 11 players sidelined, but the defence has particularly been vulnerable this season – this due to the lack of depth and Laurent Koscielny in and out of the side with a niggling Achilles problem.

Our defence has become so depleted in recent weeks that Wenger had to play Mathieu Debuchy alongside Per Mertesacker yesterday – and to his credit, the former Newcastle man did well in this position.

But Wenger cannot ignore the fact that the side needs defensive reinforcements, both in defence and perhaps in the middle of the park, someone to protect the back four.

And it seems Wenger is on the case with reports in the Metro today suggesting the Frenchman is preparing a winter move for German defender Benedikt Howedes.

The 26-year-old centre-back, who started in every one of Germany’s games at the World Cup in Brazil over the summer, would cost somewhere in the region of £15 million, which is not a bad sum of money to part with on Howedes.

The German international, who currently captains Schalke, is naturally a centre-back by trade but can also be deployed as an emergency left-back. In addition, Howedes also possess good positional awareness and usually comes out on top in aerial duels.

Signing Howedes would add some much needed depth to our defence and at £15 million is within Wenger’s budget.

There are a number of Germans already at the club and Howedes could well be the latest if Wenger decides to make a move for him this January.

Share this article

1 comment

  • paloma says:

    Wenger shud get him if available but shud complete d signing on time, but a defender who can play d champions league for us is preferred,drawing against porto tomoro wi b a better advantage to progress to d quarter final of d competition

Leave a comment

Your email address will not be published.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