Chelsea's Eden Hazard and Liverpool's Mohamed Salah are mentioned by Don Balon as PSG's prime targets to fill the boots of Neymar up front, while the money could also be used to strengthen
other areas of the squad, such as in goal with the signing of Atletico Madrid «keeper Jan Oblak.
While he adds quality and depth in the Gunners midfield following the departures of Mathieu Flamini, Mikel Arteta and Tomas Rosicky, Wenger will arguably be looking at
other areas of his squad to strengthen moving forward.
Whether or not he gets his wish remains to be seen as the German tactician has already been busy in the transfer market and may feel as though there are
other areas of his squad that require his attention in the final few weeks of the window.
On his way to Real Madrid after a lengthy transfer saga, # 30m goalkeeper David de Gea should finally get his wish and leave United, giving them a healthy amount of transfer funds to reinvest in
other areas of the squad.
Jose Mourinho already has Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata and Alexis Sanchez battling for places behind Romelu Lukaku, while there are
other areas of his squad that potentially need addressing such as the midfield with Michael Carrick retiring and Marouane Fellaini on an expiring contract.
Given that they are all over 30, it doesn't bode well for them given that the Spanish tactician has addressed
other areas of his squad and will now be in a position to look at the full back positions in the coming transfer windows.
If Karius can prove himself between now and the summer, Klopp may instead invest in
other areas of his squad first before trying to splash as much cash on someone like Alisson who is currently valued at around # 40million.
However, the lack of spending on
other areas of the squad has been evident this year and has manifested itself in the clubs results, playing style and position in the league table.
With one signing already made for Spurs this summer, Victor Wanyama, Mauricio Pochettino will be keen to add to
other areas of his squad, as well as keep hold of existing players.
It is believed that Liverpool were willing to offer # 12m for the 23 - year - old but that falls well short of Barca's asking price and with Klopp having to prioritise
other areas of his squad first, a move for Ter Stegen could be shelved.
Not exact matches
And that is just the central midfield
area of the
squad, while Wenger has had to cope with injury problems in all the
others as well.
Pedro would be MORE than a luxury signing when we can make bigger
squad improvements in virtually every
other area of the pitch.
All we can do is get behind this
squad and hope for the best when they play bad & do wrong let them know like any
other fan
of any
other club would but let's cheer them up & give credit where credit is due... the
squad is strong in some
areas REALLY strong in
others less.
Arsenal has depth, but it isn't quality
squad depth, Rosiscky, Cazorla, Ozil all play the same position and neither
of them add a great deal more than the
other, our midfield is stoked but the
areas we actually need depth in are barren, we have no solid defensive midfielder with our usual reliance on a CAM moved back, as a result players like Ramsey and Wilshere who are box to box players end up creating more imbalance in an already unbalanced team.
An inability to genuinely compete for major trophies and with critical weak
areas of the
squad still not addressed, it has led to a level
of scrutiny that few
other managers arguably experience.
They're not alone in this,
of course, and every
other team angling for the Champions League places has their own irreplaceables and shallow
squad areas.
The Chile
squad that's just lifted the trophy isn't the best 23 footballers in the world, but it does contain a couple
of brilliant ones, plus the right kind
of support in
other areas.
That, coupled with the # 60 million United would need to pay Real Madrid to get the forward back to Old Trafford, means Louis van Gaal may decide to end his pursuit
of the former Sporting Lisbon star and instead focus on strengthening his
squad in
other areas.
The player, who was included in the Bundesliga team
of the Season, will most certainly strengthen the Gunners»
squad and it remains to be seen as to how efficiently Le Prof can strengthen the team in the
other areas in which reinforcements are needed to make his plan even more efficient, especially with respect to a prolific goal - scorer.
I think the signing
of both
of these players would be a great boost for us for the coming season Cavani has undeniable class but can't see Wenger going for a striker this summer considering that we only bought Welbeck not even a year ago, I think we should go for Marco Reus as our now customary (or so they would have us believe) marquee signing
of the summer and promote from within to fill some
of the
other gaps in our
squad, except for maybe CDM as we lack rotation in this
area, but our very own Le Coq shows what promotion from within can achieve, he is just one
of many players to come through the ranks to command a spot in our starting XI, such as Bellerin those 2 seem like almost the first names on the team sheet nowadays who would have thought that 1 year ago or even 6 months ago?
Arsene Wenger has signed a player at least, and in the
area of the pitch where we most needed one, but I get the feeling that the signing
of Mohamed Elneny has not exactly got tingles running down the spine
of the Arsenal fans or the
other players in the
squad.
The report suggests that Shakespeare will be less reluctant to offload in January, with recruits required to bolster his
squad in
other areas of the field
«The
squad at this moment gives us several alternatives in certain
areas of the field, and for
others not.
Song, arguably our most improved player is on 4 yellow cards and we should ensure that he doesn't miss the Chelsea game.The partnership
of Gallas and Vermaelen is outstanding, yet one can not expect them to play in every game, and it is in that are we are weak in cover.With regards to the full back situation, perm any two from four, that is Clichy, Gibbs, Eboue, Sagna and even Traore they are attacking wing backs and are always at risk on the quick counter attack by the opposition.Almunia still doesn't impress me and his command
of his
area is still indecisive and he is still vulnerable to letting goals in, especially to his near post.Wenger being Wenger, I doubt he will buy in January, and it is a pity we didn't go for Given months before he joined City, when he was available for a comparatively cheap price.This new diamond shape or 4 -1-4-1 is working well and we have an abundance
of quality to interchange, which bemuses the opposition more often than not.We have every chance this year, and we are also being helped by the fact that the
other so called big four sides are showing their vulnerability.A couple
of decent signings, not
squad players in January, and hopefully we are in the mix.
Now the Frenchman likes to splash the cash on one marquee signing per summer without adding to the
squad in
other key
areas — much to the frustrations
of the Arsenal faithful.
If the early moments
of the film evoke memories
of similarly cerebral sci - fi Arrival, as soon as they're inside
Area X, Garland starts to bring in
other genres and influences — mutated beasts roam the swamps, twisted human remains hide in the shadows and the
squad members» trust for each
other is stretched to its limits.
Join an online
squad * to share and receive information about items, quests and
areas with
other players, or even set out on co-operative missions for up to four players with members
of your
squad!
Some
of the primary legal
areas include: Employment law (all those getting sick around the time their favourite
squad takes the pitch), the sex - trade (some countries have legalized,
others have not and issues that have arisen) and Intellectual Property (FIFA is very protective
of everything World Cup - ish).