It’s a long running conundrum surrounding Arsenal and, specifically, their manager Arsene Wenger.
You will never hear us besmirching the name of this clearly honourable man and great coach. But one thing that we will never understand is why he hasn’t yet bought a midfield general – a player to give Arsenal a bit more steel and finally replace Patrick Vieira.
It’s the main weakness in the philosophy of the man and as soon as he gets it sorted the club can start to talk about winning the title again.
With the Carvalho and Khedira deals seemingly going nowhere fast, another name has been thrown into the mix today.
The Daily Star reckons that The Gunners may move for a long term target.
ARSENE WENGER is considering signing Stephan Mbia on a free to boost his Arsenal midfield.
Perhaps Wenger doesn’t rate defensive midfielders highly enough to spend proper money on them. But even this free transfer would be a move in the right direction. The 28 year old is hugely experienced, with 49 caps for Cameroon and clubs like Marseille and Sevilla on the CV.
He should be in the prime of his career right now but looks to have gone down a bit of a cul-de-sac. Nevertheless, he could be part of the solution and we would rather have him in the squad than not.
Let’s take a look at him in action. Arsenal fans: worth a punt or should Arsene be spending proper money on a defensive midfielder.
joseph
Aug 14, 2014 at 6:10 pm
its not Veira we miss his driving runs have been replaced by Ramsey. veira was never a defensive midfielder he was box to box, Gilberto is who needs replacing he held the midfield down allowing veira to get forward in support of the attack.
christopher
Aug 14, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Well said Joseph,Gilberto is exactly the boy that has never been replaced,all this talk about Khedira and the unproven Carvalho seems nonsense to me,i think the fellow they should go for before he heads to the near neighbours is Schneiderlin,proven in the premier league and that anchor we need.
Okello
Aug 14, 2014 at 9:11 pm
All these stories are lies…. until the deal is done for M’bia or in for medical… with wilshere, rambo, flamini…. name them all… capable of playing DM uhh wenger will find it hard to leave them on side…