Who should Arsenal buy with their £40 million warchest? (Part 1)

Posted on October 10, 2012 by admin

Wenger has the money, who do you think he should buy?

After yesterday’s AST meeting, it was confirmed that Wenger has something along the lines of £40 million at his disposal come January. This was pretty much common news previously but I thought it would make an interesting article to postulate who Wenger could actually get for that money and for what positions (it’s also going to be a very slow news day for the next couple of weeks!).

Firstly, it’s imperative we get a new striker in this January. We are threadbare in that position at the moment and without Giroud, we will have to resort to players like Gervinho (whom is going through a purple patch but will eventually fade). We need a player that will challenge Giroud for his position. We won’t win a title with one striker, you need at least 2 top class players in that position, may be even 3.

My suggestions would be:

Llorente – A proven European striker with only a year left on his contract. He’s already been frozen out of Bilbao’s setup and the fans are livid with him (possibly the same situation as RVP for them), however he could show respect and join us ( a team with no rivalry at all with Bilbao). He’s similar to Giroud but that shouldn’t really matter. RVP is similar to Rooney, Aguero is similar to Tevez etc. It doesn’t stop managers buying them – that’s because they are world class players. So is Llorente. He’d only cost £10 million in my opinion come January. Bilbao won’t be in any position to negotiate.

Soldado – Another Spaniard who’s had a meteoric rise in La Liga. He’s become a big player for Valencia and is most similar to Higuain. He’s a finisher; a lethal one at that. He could cost something along the lines of £15 million which is easily affordable to the club.

In the second part, I’ll discuss what other parts of the team we could potentially bulk up come January.

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