Arsenal’s season so far has been nothing short of a roller coaster ride, from title challengers to their fourth place obsession. The Gunners have been falling apart in the last few weeks and after their 3-0 loss to Everton in the weekend, Arsene Wenger’s side might even lose out of Europe’s elite club competition next season. Today however, we here at Soccersouls bring you three players Arsenal must buy in the coming summer transfer market to form a building base along Mesut Ozil to significantly challenge for the Premier League trophy next season.
Antoine Griezmann:
The 23 year old has been sublime for Real Sociedad this season scoring 15 times in 30 appearances for the Spanish side and has attracted widespread interest from Premier League giants especially from Arsenal. The Frenchman was recently linked with move to French Ligue One Champions Paris St Germain but took to microblogging site Twitter to squash any such claims.
Arsene Wenger has the youngster at the top of his wish list saying he follows the Sociedad man to great detail. Capable of playing on either wings and with raw bursts of pace, he would suit Arsenal if Wenger is realistically challenging for the Premier League next season. Apart from Theo Walcott, the dearth of winger strikers in the Premier League is noteworthy and given Griezmann’s coveted signature, Arsenal would add a new dimension to their free flowing style of play.
Apart from pace, trickery and goals, Griezmann has the ability to create and link up with his team mates from anywhere on the pitch. The French International has so far created 32 chances this season, and has a 78% passing accuracy which for a winger is a good return.