Top 5 Targets for Arsenal's Summer Transfer Window 2013/14

18th May 2013 By Panos Lennon 


There is a buzz around the media that Arsenal this summer will be one of the most competitive clubs in the Transfer Arena. Will Arsenal pay 20+ million for a player ? Will Arsenal change its Transfer policy? Actually it doesn't matter as we are going to explore the potential of an evolving team with an enormous potential.

Target 1: Get rid of the Phantom Players.

We all know that we are wasting a huge amount of salary on phantom players like

Andrei Arshavin(90k p/w)
Sébastien Squillaci(60k p/w) 
Marouane Chamakh(60k p/w) 
Johan Djourou(60k p/w) 
Andre Santos(65k p/w)

Target 2: Bring a Defensive Midfielder 

Playing Mikel Arteta as a DM  has proved to be the best solution for Arsenal so far but we all know it is not his natural position. Unfortunately Abou Diaby had another long-term injury and he needs to be replaced. I would love to see the ranks of Wanyama or Maxime Golanons (both linked with the club) next year.

Target 3: Challenge Wojcech 

There is one thing that we need to agree and that is a signing of a world-class GK.  Wojcech is a great player with an enormous potential but he is prone to mistakes especially when he doesn't has competition. Arguably he returned better after he was dropped off for Lukasz Fabianski and that is no coincidence as he is a very young player and competition is clinical. Julio Cesar would be a very decent signing for Arsenal this summer which would show Wenger's hunger for trophies.

Target 4: Built a winning mentality

Let's first say something that will surprise a lot of Arsenal fans. We are better than last year in terms of goals (104 goals this year with one game to go, 94 goals the previous year). We are not dependent on just one player like we were last year with Van Persie, goals are shared between:

Walcott (21)
Giroud (17)
Podolski (16)
Cazorla (12)
Arteta (7)

We are stronger...the only thing we miss is confidence (After the win with Bayern Munich we are unbeatable). One of the most vital ingredients of a wining mentality is confidence.

We have been bouncing back and forth the last 8 years with players leaving the club but managed to stay on the top level and be in 3 finals (Champions League and 2 Carlin Cups).

Target 5: Push the Young Guns

This summer is going to be an exception cause we are going to built of what we created so far. We don't need a 50 million transfer record player as it would satisfy the fans. 

We just need to push a little the limits of our players and build on our core young players like Theo Walcott, Jack Wilshere , Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey, Carl Jenkinson  and The Ox.

Conclusions

The future is promising we just need to be consistent, keep our best players and bring two or three more quality players. Heavily linked players like Jovetic and Higuain will be a great start but first we have to beat Newcastle tomorrow.

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