In recent weeks, Olivier Giroud and Lukas Podolski have been confirmed as Arsenal’s newest arrivals. After years of selling our best talent to other clubs it looks like we are finally adding to our own.
So with two strikers in the bag already, who should be next on Arsene Wenger’s list this summer?
Personally, I think it should be Ajax’s 24-year-old right-back Gregory van der Wiel.
We’ve got a good amount of attacking players in our squad and I feel its time we sorted out our back line a little.
Looking at last seasons problems, with all the injuries defensively, I see the Holland international as a more capable player than some of our youth that we currently have who play in defensive roles.
When Bacary Sagna got injured, defensively, we could see and feel the difference. Having an experienced replacement for Sagna will make next season a little less of a rough ride, should he suffer the same fate. Despite the performances from our cameo players, who filled in for the Frenchman, Van der Wiel would be a better fit all-round.
We do have some very good young talent in defence coming through, but we need a ready-made replacement and someone who can challenge Sagna for his place, as he currently has no one to do so at present.
As for Van der Wiel’s price-tag, I reckon we could acquire him for around £8 million, providing we beat Chelsea to his signature.
Who do you guys reckon Wenger should target next?
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@ patrick i salute ur sound knowledge of the arsenal team ur analysis is explicit but to add to that i feel we need an additional holding midfielder in the moould of lucas biglia or any other fine defensive midfielder.
I agree with you completely here Patrick, however as good a right back as I think Jenkinson will be, he’s not the Sagna type wing back Arsenal need, I believe a player such as Yennaris would be good a RB. I also think you are misled in thinking that Jack is an attacking midfielder, he is more a box to box type of player and would benefit more from playing alongside a player like Song and leaving full creative responsibilities to Arteta or Rosicky. Plus it would be nice having Arteta playing the more advanced role as opposed to the deeper lying one he has payed this year.
We need a play maker, someone who can give us some serious assists from midfield and can contribute double digit goals every season. We seriously miss a Cesc who can dictate the play and who we can push our game through. Rosicky is decent but he’s nowhere near his Dortmund form and he’s not even close to Cesc. There were games where we just looked like we lacked some real creativity in the middle of the park. Ramsey was running around headless, Rosicky was showing just flashes and Jack is not going to hit his form right away.
I salute all of u, but the only add should be Songs back up eg M’villa or Biglia.gd day
I think the signings I would like to see in the arsenal squad are;1.Someome like M’Villa in the DM 2.Someone like THIAGO DA SILVA in the defence. 3.A creative player like ALCANTARA.4.I think I would like to see a bak up keeper also.
Frankly arsenal are a great team but there is definitely a need for competition, bring in the likes of M’vila and vertohgen can help us see this through because we don’t want to be hit on the counter easily like how we saw song acting last season, with competition he will be more cautious… I personally feel jerkinson and conquelin are good replacements for sagna because in orderfor improvement they need games… Gibbs and santos to attck minded for me… And just another keeper would do… 3 good signings
Wenger should offload.bertner,squilacci,Djorou,vela,Ashavin,chamakh and add Lucas Biglia,Andrian Lopex and sesegnor.upp gunners
Cess is no longa a gooner n neva hlpd us win trophies stp usng hs exmple we need Vertongen nd Fellaini who can hld th ball n play strngly 90mins gud on setpieces, defendg nd attackg. Our mid wil be th world’s best with Wilshea, Roscky, Song, Diaby, Arteta,Ramsey,The Ox, Fring, Coqln
Arsenal need to sign a better defensiv midfielder, like Yann M’Vila and a new
central defender…..NOTHING ELLS!
and sign a new contract with Robin van Persie!
A left back probably Leighton Baines or gabre selassie as right back from the Czech,Jao Mourtinho in mid field and a very first M’Villa in midfield to shield the defence