Who he replaces is a major question though wit the position arguably the one area of the current Arsenal squad which Arsene Wenger has the best options available to him.
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With Gabriel not on the USA tour because of illness and Laurent Koscielny on an extended break following Euro 2016, the Gunners are extremely short of experienced defenders.
“I don’t know, I don’t know, I want to say that I’m lucky but when you score 16 goals against them I don’t think it’s luck no more”. So the contacts are a bit less strong and it’s a more friendly game than it is usually when you play against a club.
However, Per Mertesacker’s injury, which will see the centre back miss several months, is likely to force Wenger to begin the search for another defender, with media reports touting Valencia’s Shkodran Mustafi as a possible target.
Goalkeeper Petr Cech, who repelled good shots by Giovani dos Santos and Sebastian Giovinco in his 67 minutes of action, expressed confidence that Wenger will spend wisely and not wildly. It’s not life or death like when we play against a club.
State-of-the-art Avaya Stadium, in its second season, is an 18,000-seat soccer-specific stadium boasting the largest outdoor bar in North America behind one goal – a huge hit before the game with fans clad in Arsenal gear.
“He has adjusted very well”, Wenger said.
“I think you need to buy players you need, you need to buy those players that will improve the team and not to buy players just for buying”.
“I know you will ask me for how long he will be out”.
There was a scare for the MLS team in the 22nd minute, when Dallas star Kellyn Acosta collided with Francis Coquelin.
Mahrez, who won 2015/16’s PFA Player of the Year award for his role in Leicester’s remarkable title win, has been linked with a move to the Emirates recently.
According to the Frenchman, and he’d probably know, when it comes to the transfer window, staying competitive is now an nearly futile endeavour, while he sees the inflated price of players as more than unsettling.
“It’s a friendly but we take it seriously and we wanted to win”.
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“I wasn’t expecting this at all”, Vincent said of his MLS All-Star selection.
