Former Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman says the Gunners need at least two more signings to be considered as title challengers and be able to win their top-four trophy back. The former England international believes Arsene Wenger needs a midfielder in the mould of Patrick Vieira and another centre-back.
“Arsenal need more players – more top-class players,” Seaman said.
“They’ve got Lacazette, which is a good signing, but I still think they need a couple more. Whether they are in the pipeline I don’t know.
“I think they need a central midfield player – a holding midfielder – a Patrick Vieira type midfield player. One with a lot of presence and strength, with the ability to control games like Patrick used to.
“Then maybe a centre-half. Mertesacker is coming back now – I watched him play last weekend, and he looked as good as ever. I don’t think he’ll ever look as good as he did in the FA Cup final, that was brilliant to watch, but with over 100 caps for Germany, we know he can play.”
Asked what would represent a successful season for Arsenal, and indeed Wenger, in 2017-18, Seaman said: “Winning a trophy is always a successful season. And being in the top four.
“For Arsenal to win the league, I feel they’re a few players short, looking at other squads. I think they just need a couple.
“They’ve been there or there abouts for a long time now but never been in with a really good chance in the last few weeks of the season – so adding a couple of players might change that.”
Arsenal are without a Premier League title since they won in the 2003-04 season.
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