Mikel Arteta
Arteta is a very gifted passer of the ball and has good technique. He has many playmaking attributes, but in Arsenal, he plays a role which he isn’t doing enough justice to. The deep midfield role he plays for the Gunners demands him to be defensively capable as well. While Arteta is a good interceptor of the opposition’s pass, he is rather easily run over by the strong opposition’s central midfielders. Add to it the Spaniard’s inability to tackle or track back fast enough, which has often let the team down at crucial moments in the match. Arteta needs a conventional defensive midfielder next to him to have the license to dictate play from the central midfield.
Arsenal are surely getting a top class defensive midfielder if they want to make significant progress in their Premier League position and status, but sadly the new purchase would not be meant to play next to the Spaniard. There are two young blooded players in Wilshere and Ramsey, who can do more than what Arteta can do with his advancing age. Both these players are known to be good work horses for the team as well, and with Ramsey bagging the club’s Player of The Year award while Wilshere’s goal getting the Goal of the Season award in the league, there can be no doubt about the development of the Englishman Wilshere and the Welshman Ramsey and to ensure these two players sufficient time on the pitch, Wenger would have to sacrifice Mikel Arteta.