With Rosicky and Arteta reaching the end of their sell - by date it would seem prudent for Arsenal to be looking to
strengthen the midfield yet again this summer, and there are very few Gooners that would say no to the 25 year - old despite his well - known injury problems.
Not exact matches
It's a key area of the team that they're evidently looking to
strengthen having been linked with other
midfield targets too this summer, but as of
yet, the Catalan giants aren't having too much luck with Valverde hoping he has a successful first season at Barcelona regardless.
The Gunners need
strengthening in the defensive
midfield position ahead of the new season but have not
yet managed to find an affordable option as the likes of Morgan Schneiderlin and Arturo Vidal have slipped away, joining Manchester United and Bayern Munich, respectively.
And we also needed to
strengthen by buying another striker to compete with Giroud
yet we inexplicably went for an aging
midfielder few of us had heard of.
Manchester United have not
yet given up on their summer transfer business already signing Victor Lindelof from Benfica for # 30.7 million earlier in the summer and with a # 75 million move for Everton striker Romelu Lukaku well on its way to being completed, Jose Mourinho is still reportedly looking to
strengthen his
midfield.
Arsenal have suffered for a long time without the physical presence of a player such as Vieira in
midfield and
yet again, Arsène failed to
strengthen that area over the summer.