But Vieira says the style of the team has seen a transition since the likes of Adams and Campbell wore the Gunners jersey.
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Wenger added that he was happy with the chances created against Leicester and is optimistic that they will converted into goals as the season progresses.
He needs games but it seems increasingly obvious that Wenger does not trust him enough at the moment to play him regularly. He improved in the game against Leicester but in the home tie against Liverpool, the former Leeds man was all over the place.
Arsenal had previously triggered the £20m buy-out clause in Jamie Vardy’s contract, only to see him ink a fresh four-year deal with English champions Leicester City.
The Switzerland global made his first Premier League start at King Power Stadium after Xhaka was a late substitute in Arsenal’s 4-3 defeat by Liverpool in their season opener at The Emirates earlier this month.
There was disappointment around the club after the opening-day defeat to Hull, where the Premier League champions were out of sorts.
“We came with 19 players and this morning we decided that he could play and I think it saved us this point”.
“I still believe they’re going to be in these five teams who can win the title”.
“We are very active, and if we find the right candidates we will spend big money”.
An alternative would be to play the inexperienced pair of Calum Chambers and Rob Holding again, and they may potentially find themselves being torn apart by Leicester, who like to play on the counter.
“Despite the game on Sunday, there are many positive aspects in our game that we want to keep for our next game”.
“Mustafi? We hope it will be done He is one of a number of players we are looking at”. Arsenal seem to be looking at other players as well, but are finding it hard to convince teams to part with star defenders. “You should be happy; he is English, he is 20 years old, but I’m sorry he didn’t cost £55m, so it can not be good”.
“You can pay huge amounts of money for average players, there are plenty of those, but to find the ones who will strengthen your squad is more hard”.
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Manchester United played Southampton at Old Trafford overnight.
