Arsenal have a significant couple of months ahead of them on the recruitment front
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Arsenal have the chance to add some more quality to their squad this summer. Mikel Arteta will be eager to close the gap on Liverpool ahead of next season. Manchester City are also likely to come back stronger so the Gunners need to ensure that they are ready.
The London club have fallen short in the title race over the past couple of years. They aren’t a million miles away though and must find more consistency in the next campaign. Boosting their ranks with some reinforcements over the next couple of months would certainly strengthen their chances of success.
Arsenal should beat Tottenham Hotspur to Eberechi Eze deal
According to CaughtOffside, Arsenal are interested in a move for £68million-rated Eberechi Eze at Crystal Palace along with Tottenham Hotspur. They should go all out to try and beat their rivals to land the playmaker. He would be ideal for Arteta and would suit their style of play. The Eagles will face a major battle to keep hold of him in this window amid attention from elsewhere. He scored the winner for Oliver Glasner’s side in the FA Cup final against Manchester City last month at Wembley. However, his future is up in the air.
Eze, 26, would be perfect for Arsenal ahead of next term. He is still relatively young, has potential to get better down the line and would give them something different going forward. The England international, who has 11 caps to his name, must play in the Champions League now to show what he can do.
The London-born man had spells as a youngster with the Gunners, Fulham, Reading and Millwall. He finally settled at QPR and rose up through their ranks before getting experience out on loan from the Hoops at Wycombe Wanderers in the Football League. Upon his return to the R’s, he became a key first-team player and went on to score 20 goals in 112 games.
His emergence in the Championship resulted in Crystal Palace taking a gamble on him in 2020. He has since become one of the Eagles’ most prized assets over the last five years. The attacking midfielder has found the net on 39 occasions in 166 matches altogether.
What do Arsenal need amid Eberechi Eze interest?
Arsenal need players to excite their fans and Eze is someone who is capable of getting supporters off their seats. He would be able to play in behind the striker and create chances for his teammates. Eze has proved that he can perform at the top level over recent times at Crystal Palace.
The Gunners’ main priority needs to be bringing in a new central forward. This has been an area of concern for a while now and has to be addressed. They risk falling behind the likes of Liverpool and City if they don’t get someone in soon. Injuries to Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus last term meant that they had to play Mikel Merino up top and out of position. They didn’t get anyone in during January and were left short of options. Arsenal can’t afford to let that happen again.
As for Spurs, they are heading into a new era under the guidance of Thomas Frank and are in the hunt for some new faces, including Eze. However, they will need to bat away competition from their rivals to get him. Frank has caught the eye at Brentford over recent years and is ready to test himself at a bigger club now.
The north London outfit massively under-performed last season and finished 17th, hence why Ange Postecoglou was sacked. Boosting their defensive department will be high up on their to-do list, as well as getting in some more attacking threat. Whatever happens, it won’t be a quiet window for either Spurs or Arsenal.