What Arsenal need to do to compete next season

Additionally, it doesn’t particularly suit the style of the Premier League. If you look at Manchester City’s strikers (Aguero and Negredo), Liverpool’s (Suarez and Sturridge), Chelsea’s (Eto’o and Torres), none of them are like Giroud! They’re quick, and technically excellent. Whilst a striker needs to have a bit of strength about him, he also needs to be able to change the game when things aren’t going his way; create goalscoring opportunities for himself, not rely on the work of others.

In conclusion, I think Arsenal need to strengthen in three key areas, and I have identified a few players who would suit these positions (left wing, defensive midfield and striker).

Left Wing

Antoine Griezmann seems ideal to me. He’s quick, a good crosser of the ball, an out-and-out winger and available in the summer. He’s also young, and French, so seems like an ideal Wenger signing to me, and one which Arsenal must capitalise on.

Antoine Griezmann a potential signing?

Defensive Midfield

For the defensive midfield position, Lars Bender seems the likely candidate to me. He’s pretty much the ideal defensive midfielder, and doesn’t join in on the attack very often, which seems fine to me considering the attacking quality which Arsenal possess. He might come a little on the expensive side, but nevertheless I feel as though it is an investment worth making, as he still has a fair few years to go as a footballer.

Striker

Finally, the tricky one; the striker. Arsenal have been linked with multiple strikers, including Mario Mandzukic, Edin Dzeko, etc. However, these are exactly the kind of strikers which Arsenal shouldn’t go for, as, whilst being excellent players, they slow down the pace of Arsenal’s game, and are not quite technically excellent.

Strikers who would suit Arsenal’s game include Karim Benzema, although he may not be available; Loic Remy, although he is yet to prove himself at the highest level; Sardar Azmoun, a young Iranian striker, although perhaps not ready for Arsenal quite yet; Romelu Lukaku, as, whilst being a bit of a target man, he has a bit of pace on him, and also more technical ability than your average target man; Jackson Martinez, although Porto are likely to ask for a hefty fee; and finally, perhaps the most likely signing of the summer, Josip Drmic, a talented young Swiss striker, who Bayern Munich legend Lothar Matthaus claims has already agreed a deal to sign for the Gunners in the summer.

Whatever they do, you sense that the Arsenal fans are becoming genuinely fed up of what seems to be a never-ending pattern of failure, with even more calling for Wenger’s head than ever before.

It really is now or never for Wenger to show how skilled a manager he truly is; for the good of the club, he must surely spend this summer.

Spend – or go.