Having secured Champions league football against all odds, Arsenal will have to strengthen the squad to compete with the very best next season. Like every year, top players are linked with the club and many of those have been strikers this time around.
The reason for that is because the gunners clearly missed a world class striker up front after Robin van Persie left for Manchester United. Giroud replaced the Dutchman and hence the expectations of the fans were sky high. However, the French striker could only score 11 league goals for Arsenal last season.
The question, should Arsenal stick with Giroud or sign a new striker?
Giroud might have topped the goal scoring charts in the French League, but a few can replicate the same form coming from abroad that soon in the premier league. None can blame the Frenchman for not being really prolific in his first season in perhaps the toughest league in the world.
Even Robin van Persie had only one outstanding season with Arsenal but sadly for the fans, it was his last one as well. Nevertheless, Giroud added a lot to the side in terms of buildup play and setting up goals as he provided no less than 11 assists last season.
Strikers such as the likes of Falcao, Jovetic, Higuain and others have been speculated to be linked with Arsenal but as it always happens with gunners, with the passage of time the rumors remain rumors and Arsenal look for cheaper options.
Now all are reportedly linked elsewhere with Falcao close to joining Monaco while the other two are closely tracked by Italian champions Juventus.
Arsenal missed a top quality forward badly last season and the fans called for reinforcements when the gunners were playing poor football in the first half of the campaign. Knowing that the funds will be (hopefully) available to sign quality players, Wenger may look for an out and out striker who could provide 20 odd league goals a season.
Wenger also claimed that the North Londoners will be targeting premier league title next season and for that to happen Arsenal surely need a world class goal scorer. Will/Can he rely on Grioud?
There is no other argument that Giroud deserves time but will Arsenal fans be patient and wait for him to hit form knowing that they have not won a title in eight long years and are getting desperate for silverware every passing season.
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Sign goalie
Improve defense
Leave Midfield where it is
Sign a striker
Sign a goalie, a right back, a central defender, a striker and a holding midfielder all topp players.
Sell Gervino, Benthner, Scilaci, Arshavin, Chamack, Santos, Denilson and Park.
Take Miaciaki the japanese to the club and make him a star of the future.
Then we will bee a force fore the future.
Arshavin is out of contract…
And sell Sagna too.
he(wenger) shld a goalee lyk begovic then centra defnder nd a left back then a holden midfielder,a winger nd a prolific
Stick with giroud and sign a striker. There is potentially 60+ matches next season so we have plenty of game time for 2 teams of players
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Sagna mertesacker koscielny monreal
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Jenkinson…??????..vermaelen gibbs
………….coquelin…….ramsey?…..
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Just fill in the 4 gaps with 4 top players. How about cesar williams capoue rooney and we would still have £10m over plus whatever we can raise from our fire sale of deadwood fabianski mannone santos djourou denilson diaby park chamakh bendtner gervinho.
Then how about showing some confidence in the youth by handing first team numbers to every player born 1993 or before. At the very least it will raise their profile and give them a real boost. I’m talking the likes of miquel yennaris martinez afobe aneke eisfeld campbell ryo frimpong. By the way I’m loving the thought of that british team with williams and rooney in it. Sure vermaelen coquelin szczesney aren’t british but 8 brits would certainly give us all a good feel.
Let stick with oliver giroud, i think he will improves next season but it will be good enough if he has a competetor
Wenger is killing arsenal FC. Slowly but knw one wil beliv it. Must we buy player from french leage ? Germany leage Is the best now but our coach wil not go ther for player but only french leage that they are not loyal with him when they become ripe player. Well ♍Ɣ prayer is arsene wenger shul seeoff his contract and leave us alone nest season. 2015 by God grace. Some of U̶̲̥̅̊ wil not beliv dis wenger don’t knw what his doing again. How can you be paying hug wages to players that on loan sell them and get us good one that wul be good for us but he wul not listinmg to pple voice too arogant for ♍Ɣ likeness fuck arsenal board too
i wish arsenal will sing gk.cnt df.hld mdf.one strk
Arsenal should sign a quality striker. like benteke, or Roney
Stick with forth position or trying to win trophies ????