Arsenal travel to face Watford at Vicarage Road on Saturday trading as bet365’s 8/11 favourites to earn their first victory of the new Premier League season against their London rivals. Steve Walsh, the Toffee’s new director of football, had been interested in signing him for Leicester City at the end of last season, and followed up his interest when he arrived at Goodison Park.
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Aaron Ramsey and Alex Iwobi remained sidelined with injuries.
Supporters around the world are justifiably furious with the manager’s decision.
However, the Spanish side are closing in on the signing of Brazilian centre-back Sidnei and could be preparing for Mustafi’s departure.
Two new signings now look to finally be on the way to address glaring needs in the squad. Back in the 1990s, the players were not as physique as they are now with the game changing a lot. “I was impressed by him previous year”. Walter Mazzari came close to causing an upset and beating Chelsea, but late goals from Michy Batshuayi and Diego Costa saw them suffer their first loss of the campaign. Midfielder Roberto Pereyra, from Juventus, former Sunderland defender Younes Kaboul and most recently right-back Daryl Janmaat from Newcastle have all now joined up with the squad. “Especially when you’ve lived your whole life waiting for the next game and trying to win it”.
Having conceded 4 goals in their first two games, Wenger is hoping that the team’s defense will be able to hold firm against Watford’s attacking duo of Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney.
But the Hornets claimed their first win against the Gunners for 28 years when they knocked them out of the FA Cup in March.
“Sometimes you just need something different and I think Alexis can be that guy”. They scoured the market for a player of a reasonable age, experience and cost before coming to the conclusion that Valencia’s Shkodran Mustafi was the man for the job.
“It doesn’t matter how we play, as long as we get the three points. It’s almost impossible that all three will start”.
“It looks like it will be frenetic for me in the last three days and that everybody sat on his pounds until now, but we know they will all splash out now”.
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Lucas Perez has already been compared to Jamie Vardy due to his similar playing style, something which Wenger says he “likes”. They would have to be at their best if they were to have the chance to score.
