With the transfer window fast approaching and Arsenal so desperately requiring a raft of new recruits, it is little surprise to see them continually linked with a number of top names.
As fan frustration begins to mount, you get the feeling that this could be a pivotal summer in how manager Arsene Wenger is looked back upon in the years to come.
As poor as they’ve been at times this term, it is important to remember the Gunners led the way for swathes of the season and have played some exquisite football.
It’s just, as usual, they tend to crumble when the going gets tough.
Still, the failure to land a fourth Premier League title will continue to haunt Wenger and his supporters until it is either done or he departs.
They’ve been linked with a host of players, though Barcelona ace Arda Turan is one of the most stellar names to be touted as a potential target.
The Turkish international would be a wonderful addition, though who could join? Well see below to see who our resident experts drinking in the Transfer Tavern think could follow.
[ffc-gallery]
PRESS THE IMAGE TO SEE FOUR PLAYERS WHO COULD FOLLOW ARDA TURAN TO ARSENAL.
[/ffc-gallery]
Alvaro Morata
It’ll be a hugely complicated deal to bring Alvaro Morata to the Emirates this summer, considering the fact Real Madrid are reportedly eager to invoke their buyback clause for the striker.
Still, the 23-year old is a wonderful forward who will only improve as he gets older, able to link play in the final third just as easily as he can finish off attacks with his prowess in front of goal.
N’Golo Kante
Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy may have scored the goals that led Leicester to the title, though it was the Herculean exploits of a certain N’Golo Kante in the middle of the park that played just as big a part.
The Frenchman has been vital to their success this season and is everything the Gunners have lacked in their midfield for a number of years.
Energetic, combative and a diligent defender who knows when to sit, the 25-year old would be a fantastic addition and is thought to be on the radar.
Granit Xhaka
Swiss pass master Granit Xhaka has been strongly linked with the Gunners for a number of months now.
The 23-year old has excelled in the Bundesliga as a deep-lying playmaker, while he also boasts the physicality required to hold back and provide balance to the engine room when the perhaps more dynamic options race forward.
