Arsenal Transfers: ‘Arsène Wenger Needs Five Signings To Challenge’

Nigel Winterburn believes Arsenal need as many as five new signings this summer in order to have a squad capable of challenging for the Premier League title.

The north London side led the Premier League for more time than eventual winners Manchester City last
season but their title challenge fell away during the last few months of the campaign.

People are talking about the right-back situation and maybe bringing in a strong holding midfielder. There are four or five positions [that need work]

Nigel Winterburn

Arsène Wenger spent a club-record £42.5m to lure Mesut Özil from Real Madrid on the final day of last summer’s transfer window, with the Germany international’s arrival giving the club a huge boost.

And Winterburn, who won the Premier League in 1998, feels the Arsenal manager needs to strengthen “four or five positions” to have a potential title-winning side.

“A lot of people will be frustrated if we go into the last week of the transfer window and Arsène hasn’t made any major signings,” Winterburn told talkSPORT.

“A lot of people are talking about three players that would really strengthen them. Obviously they need another centre forward, if not two.

“People are talking about the right-back situation and maybe bringing in a strong holding midfielder. There are four or five positions [that need work].

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