Wenger has just given over-30's Cazorla and Mertesacker one - year extensions, despite knowing neither will
hardly play next season.
Not exact matches
So, unless Arsenal get very lucky with a rapid recovery from Alexis (extremely unlikely) it would seem that our only recognised centre - forward is Olivier Giroud, who has
hardly kicked a ball all
season, but came of the bench to score twice against Sunderland, but is he ready to
play a full 90 minutes now or
next week?
He could
hardly give Arsenal a bigger come on unless he was pictured eating Arsenal themed chocolate in a red and white top while holding on to a picture of Arsene Wenger while having GTID tattooed onto his knuckles, but will that be enough to actually see Zlatan Ibrahimovic
playing for Arsenal
next season?
Arsene Wenger has been trumpeting the mantra that he wants to keep this excellent Arsenal squad together for
next season, and he has already been in contract talks with many Gunners who are nearing the last year of their current deal, including Theo Walcott, Chuba Akpom and Mikel Arteta who have
hardly played at all for the first team this
season.
Poor old Santi Cazorla has
hardly played for Arsenal in the last 18 months, and although he has been promised an extra years extension on his present contract, there is no guarantee that he will be able to
play much
next season either at the grand old age of 32.
Having already won the domestic title with five more rounds to
play in the league, the Portuguese giants are arguably treading through their best
season ever and one should
hardly be surprised if they run away with another European title after winning the erstwhile UEFA Cup in 2003 followed by the elusive Champions League trophy the
next year under the tutelage of Jose Mourinho.