To Support Olivier Giroud:
Major reports claim, Tottenham Chairman Daniel Levy is set to veto Lewis Holtby’s loan move to Schalke in an attempt to prevent Draxler from joining the Gunners. It all started with the snowball effect with Gervinho going to Roma, Lamela to Tottenham, Bale to Real Madrid and finally Ozil to Emirates to complete the merry go round. But if we take the probabilistic side out of the equation, Wenger does need someone who can take the burden off his major striker Olivier Giroud. Theo Walcott’s injury too has come at the wrong time, ruled out for six months when he was just reaching his peak and Podolski’s lack of confidence to play as a lone striker in the final third.
This is where Draxler will come handy, playing as a second striker, making space for others, dragging defenders out of position and also getting into the scoresheet. Wenger surely would be elated to add another young, creative talent to his ranks, but it seems Tottenham will try desperately to scupper the deal from materialising.