He must come. Arteta and Edu still keen on completing Arsenal signing of brilliant experienced defender
Mikel Arteta has been told to complete the signing of an experienced defender in the January window for Arsenal
Mikel Arteta got the full backing of that Arsenal board over the course of the transfer window and honestly – signed some players that have made a real difference to the quality of the squad
Five wins from six Premier League games has got the fans very excited for the season but that loss to Man United still showed that the club are a long way off winning the title once again
Oleksandr Zinchenko was the oldest player in the back four that started against United at 25, though the Ukrainian along with Gabriel, Ben White and William Saliba have been playing top-flight football for several years and are current internationals.
However former Gunner star Willem Gallas has opened up and encouraged Mikel Arteta to bring in an experienced defender this coming winter.
“I’m a little bit disappointed for them because they went to Old Trafford with a great spirit top of the league and confident and played really well to begin with,” Gallas told Genting Casino.
“But the story is the same; they conceded three goals and lost three one
“It looks like that against the biggest teams, away from home, Arsenal are still going to have difficulties. It’s quite simple really. When you go to play against any of the big teams in the Premier League, you need players with personality and character to get anything from those games.“I naturally look at the defenders.
Yesterday, the performance showed me that Arsenal are still missing an experienced defender at the back.
“When Arsenal were suffering for a few moments, you need your players to show leadership talk to each other you need players that can take on the responsibility and dig in for a period. Arsenal didn’t do that.”
“I know that Saliba is playing with France, Ben White has been in a few England squads, as has Gabriel with Brazil but they would really benefit from one experienced, older player in there.
“I also think that with [Thomas] Partey missing, they lacked experience in the middle of the park too.
“What I find frustrating for Arsenal, is that when they come up against the big teams, they always make the same mistakes. I’m not sure they have enough experienced players.”
