With Arsene Wenger continuing as Arsenal manager but football experts are discussing ways how he can improve the team next season?
After months of rumor over the Frenchman’s future, the Gunners boss has signed extended a two-year deal followed up Saturday’s FA Cup final win over Chelsea
With Wenger’s future decided, Arsenal’s will now focus on the next season and stepping up after a disappointing 2016/17 Premier League campaign, which made them miss out on Champions League qualification.
Any Arsenal supporters hoping for a host of new signings this summer are likely to be disappointed, with Wenger saying after the final game of the Premier League season he only needed ‘one or two’ additions. “We don’t need a lot. We don’t need many. But we need maybe top quality,” he said. The problem will be securing that ‘top quality’ level of player.
Arsenal have found that hard in recent years – and the challenge of attracting world-class players will be tougher this summer, given the Gunners’ lack of Champions League football and the spending power at Chelsea and the Manchester clubs.
The timing of the signings will also be important. While Granit Xhaka’s arrival was confirmed last May, Arsenal had already dropped five points by the time, Shkodran Mustafi was bought on 30 August, and deadline-day addition Lucas Perez failed to establish himself in the first team.
Manchester City have moved quickly to snap up Bernardo Silva already this summer. Arsenal would be well advised to secure their key targets early, too.