Mustafi is a Germany global who now plays for Valencia, while Lacazete has been making big noises in France, topping Lyon’s scoring charts.
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Calum Chambers and Rob Holding – combined age 41 – lined up at centre-half against Liverpool and Wenger admitted his attempts to shore up his defence have so far come to nothing.
“We have been in the market a long time but, if you look around in Europe, all my friends I call are all looking for centre-backs but they can not find them”.
It will be end to end because the Gunners are not capable of shutting up shop. We are ready to spend the money but we have to find players who will improve our team. “But if you ask people ‘give me names” they just sit in front of you – it is not that easy.
“I think it is worth to try as he has the quality to go behind”, Wenger said about the Chile forward, who has mainly been used as a winger since joining Arsenal from Barcelona two years ago.
With the slip up yet again on opening day, the knives are out for Wenger. Arsenal had 10 attempts on goal but rarely looked like scoring.
Arsenal and Leicester ended up as a bore-draw today and after the exciting end-to-end defeat to Liverpool last week this was a total anti-climax.
“Everyone dug in – we were winning the first challenges, picking up the second balls and were very positive in our play”.
“I was so sure (he would stay), it was only speculation with first Vardy and then Mahrez and we only lost (N’Golo) Kante”. “I do not want to go much into that story”.
“He made me understand that if one of us did not defend, we were dead”. “I would spend £300m on a player – if I had £300m”, he angrily retorted afterwards.
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. Otherwise explain the defeat of “Hull” as relaxed and cannot be a lack of motivation.
The Premier League champions announced on Wednesday via their official website that Mahrez agreed to a new four-year deal at the King Power Stadium, tying him to the club until the summer of 2020.
Huth is back from his ban on Saturday and he might not be the only familiar face back in Ranieri’s starting XI. I’ve done over 400 transfers, and I know how every transfer is written.
Both teams remain winless after their opening two Premier League games, with champions Leicester frustrating the visitors for long spells on Saturday evening. They are likely to return to their regular way of playing too.
But Ranieri, speaking Thursday, said he wanted Mahrez to up his game even more this season. “I think this week he was already sharper in training”. Jamie Vardy blazed over under heavy pressure from Koscielny in the Foxes’ best chance, while Arsenal’s best effort was a meek shot from Walcott.
This is a big game for Vardy, against the team he turned down over the summer.
The 66-year-old told reporters after the Foxes game: “It’s not just about spending the money”.
I actually thought he was a bit unlucky not to score against Hull because he was only denied by a tremendous block.
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“This season will be very hard because of the top clubs spending a lot of money on transfers, it’s unbelievable. If I have to gamble, it would be him”.
