12 Jul 2016 16:03:13
After Jamie Vardy rejected the chance to join us in favour of staying at Leicester I can honestly say that I do not expect us to sign anyone else in this transfer window.

Its a good decision from him as he would not be a guaranteed starter. Also our style of play wouldn't suit him. (Unless Wenger had stolen Big Sam's tactical notebook and we are planning to launch the ball up to Giroud all season) .

Granit Xhaka is a great signing for our midfield so i'm pleased with that but we are in desperate need of a top quality striker! Especially after Welbeck is injured again. and we all know that Theo and Giroud only turn on the style 1 game out of 5.

The strikers that fit the bill are.

Robert Lewandowski - My preferred choice - Amazing Striker
Paulo Dybala - My 2nd choice - Great talent
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Seems City bound if he is to leave. will be pricy.
Edison Cavani - 29 now so a risk if it dosent pay off (Could be another Falcao)
Karim Benzema - Missed the boat, can't see him leaving unless RM buy Lewandowski
Gonzalo Higuain - Missed the boat when he signed for Napoli, too expensive.
Alvaro Morata - Big gamble, unproven but talented
Alexandre Lacazzette - Surely just another Theo?
Romelu Lukaku - Great on his day but overpriced
Daniel Sturridge - Great but too injury prone (not that that matters with us)
Thomas Muller - Great option, will never happen though.
Luiz Suarez - lol

Everyone Striker I have mentioned above will cost at least £40/ 50M and can anyone really see Wenger potentially breaking our Transfer record? I can't. I'f we do sign a striker it definitely won't be from the above list.

Prepare yourselves for the standard deadline day speech "We have tried to sign someone but there are not any top quality strikers available on the market for our budget"

I could be wrong. but I could also wake up next to Megan Fox tomorrow morning.

Thoughts Eds and fellow Gooners?

1.) 12 Jul 2016
12 Jul 2016 16:15:40
Must admit I'm usually very optimistic and there is plenty of time to go. But I have a feeling it won't happen. Tbh he says he sees draxler as a cf I think we should just part with the 40+ and get him now. I can't see anyone becoming available.

2.) 12 Jul 2016
12 Jul 2016 16:46:23
Yeah I think Draxler would be a great option but I can't see that either and he isn't a natural CF so I didn't include him on the list.

I'd also like us to sign a CB but I'm not sure who we could get?

3.) 12 Jul 2016
12 Jul 2016 16:48:13
I would not mind seeing Draxler in - big strong and fast.

Also, let's not forget Elneny - he looked real good in his brief spell, central midfield is in good shape!

4.) 12 Jul 2016
12 Jul 2016 17:18:22
I think we probably have the strongest midfield in the premier league!

But unfortunately we don't have a reliable striker to put away all the chances they will create.

5.) 12 Jul 2016
12 Jul 2016 18:08:23
We will hear the normal stories "'we tried but we have to get the right player for the club"

I think with the fact that not many are leaving suggests we have done our business .

6.) 12 Jul 2016
12 Jul 2016 18:11:24
strongest midfield in prem? Quite how u worked that out I don't know.

7.) 12 Jul 2016
12 Jul 2016 18:40:30
That's easy Chris! If you do your research I'm sure you will find that every member of the Arsenal midfield can bench press upwards of 200k.

8.) 12 Jul 2016
12 Jul 2016 19:50:49
Lol slb.

9.) 13 Jul 2016
13 Jul 2016 10:01:27
Who has a better midfield than Arsenal then?