Parlour picks out position Arsenal need to spend ‘big money’ on
Ray Parlour thinks Arsenal need to bring in “an attacking midfielder” to provide Mikel Arteta with more goals.
The Gunners have only scored 40 goals in 28 Premier League matches this season with Arsenal heavily relying on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to score their goals.
A lack of goals from midfield has seen the pressure grow on the likes of Gabriel Martinelli, Alexandre Lacazette and Nicolas Pepe to provide support for Aubameyang.
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And Parlour, speaking to talkSPORT, has urged the Gunners to bring in a goalscoring midfielder, he said: “The goals are not really spread around the team are they with Arsenal?
“You get Lacazette who can chip in with a few, Ozil probably doesn’t score enough for the position he plays.
“The midfield are very much more defensive minded, [Granit] Xhaka is not going to score you goals, [Lucas] Torreira’s not going to score you goals, they’ve lost [Aaron] Ramsey, who was the goalscorer from midfield.
“So, I look at an attacking midfielder who’s probably going to score you 10 goals a season, but you’re talking big money then, so spend.”
Parlour added: “I think they’ve got to try and keep most of their top talent, I’m talking about Aubameyang and people like that, if they’re going to have any chance of trying to get into the Champions League.
“I think a lot of it will be down to the last nine games of this season, I think they’ve still got a glimmer of hope that you never know which teams that are above them are going to come back and hit the ground running.
“If they [Arsenal] can come back and hit the ground running and get a good start to the season, obviously the Man City game is going to be very important, if they can get anything out of that game that will give them a lot of confidence going forward.
“Champions League football is so important for a lot of players these days so Aubameyang, if they can squeeze in there, might sign a new contract, I don’t know.
“If they don’t, then he might be on his way and suddenly you’ve got to replace a striker who scores all your goals.”
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