Arsenal have surprised many already in this transfer window by signing three experienced, quality international players. The consensus among fans at the moment is that Arsenal are on the verge of returning to former glory, challenging for trophies and eventually winning the Premier League. Most fans however feel that in order for those dreams to be realised, the rest of the transfer window must play out in a certain way and for a few more deals to fall into place.
So far, the Gunners have strengthened the strike and attacking midfield department more than sufficiently, bringing in forwards Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud as well as attacking midfielder Santi Cazorla; this threesome will be expected to shoulder the brunt of the goal-scoring burden in the coming season. Most feel than now is the time for Arsene Wenger to recruit in other areas of the pitch in which Arsenal are lacking, What Culture looks at the most suitable candidates to do a job for the Gunners on their way to the title.
1. Nuri Sahin
The most likely of the army of supposed Arsenal transfer targets to actually move to North London is Turkish central-midfielder Nuri Sahin. The 23 year old signed for Real Madrid last summer after being the orchestrator for Borussia Dortmund in their league-winning campaign. Back then he was seen as an incredibly promising talent, Madrid forked out 12 million Euros for his signature and gave him Zinedine Zidane’s hallowed number 5 shirt.
Nuri Sahin was earmarked for success at an early age, and the news of his choice to play for Turkey rather than Germany was met with great excitement in the Turkish footballing world. Sahin is the star of the national team, having made 31 appearances for the Turkey to date, with a further 40 caps for Turkey’s youth teams.
The Turk also had a bright start to his club career, making his debut for Borussia Dortmund aged 16, as the youngest ever Bundesliga player at the time. He became an integral part of the Dortmund line-up over the years, culminating in him being voted Dortmund’s player of the year for the 2010-11 season, (beating the likes of Mario Goetze, Shinji Kagawa and Robert Lewandowski to the accolade)
Following his dream move to Madrid, he was unlucky with an injury that hampered his efforts to make a mark at the club early on, and he was unable to force his way into the side, in a position occupied by none other than Xabi Alonso. His current situation means that he will find playing time limited next season, with a loan away from the Bernabeu seen as the best move for his career. He remains however undoubtedly a prodigiously talented player, with attributes that would greatly benefit Arsenal in the forthcoming season.
He plays a deep lying midfield role, similar to Arsenal’s own Song or Arteta, which means that he would provide excellent depth in that position (especially seeing as Song is being linked with Barca). Sahin is also equally capable of playing a slightly more advanced role, thus providing cover for the injury-stricken duo of Wilshere and Rosicky. His recent deployment as a left-back by Jose Mourinho in pre-season is fantastic because it would mean that he could cover that position too, making Sahin a true utility player that would greatly benefit a team like the Gunners, infamous for their injury list. These qualities make Sahin a contender to be the missing puzzle piece in Arsenal’s hunt for trophies; and in my opinion he’s definitely worth a chance as he wouldn’t cost the club a penny in transfer fees.
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yes i would sign gregory van der wiel from ajax or mathieu debuchy from lille because they are both wanted by newcastle but arsenal cane easily sign one of them and i do agree with you that arsenal need a new right back because bacary sagna broke his leg twice last season which will seriously affect his form so buying a right back will be a wise decision for arsenal.
so either gregory van der wiel from ajax or mathieu debuchy from lille who would most likely join arsenal because of champions league football and french revolution which includes sagna , diaby , squillaci , coquelin , koscielny and olivier giroud.
Debuchy has gone to newcastle
he is not actually anounced i herd talks had collapsed
We might celebrate about our new signings but this will be nothing if the defense is not reinforced.
Arsenal need steel to add to their silk in their midfield, we need Yann M’Vila or Etienne Capoue in our starting line up.
Nuri Sahin is perfect but Arteta, Song and Wilshere can do what he does perfectly and so, to have him in the squad would be great, but only as a luxury not a necessity.
I think we have too many players who can play right back at Arsenal, including one of the best in the World, Bacary Sagna and probably the best prospect in England, Nico Yennaris, add that to Coquelin, Jenkinson and Eastmond, we do not need Gregory Van Der Wiel. Actually, it is our left backs that I don’t trust at all, they are very good football players(Gibbs and Santos), who have excellent technique, but none of them seems to realize that they are defenders and Gibbs is physically to weak to defend anyway. I say we need Aly Cissokho ASAP!.
In case of Julio Ceasar, I couldn’t agree more. He would be perfect.
I disagree. Monsieur wenger has over proven overtime to know what he’s about where d defense Is concerned. Case in point koscielny. He looked so fragile when he first came but now check out his monstrous contributions in defence!
RB we hv sagna who is injury prone n vry promising talent jenkinson n at the LB we hv santos who’s prone to atk n leave defending duty a lot n almost a star kieran gibswho is preety mediocore. 1 thing for sure we ain’t gonna win anything if we’re being o lax on defending. this matter need to be taken care of.btw we need great atk in RW. walcott can leave. replace him with jeferson farfan. he can score,pass n cross n drible n is vry fast or u want young talent iker muniain the wonderkid? need greg.van weil or domenico cristito.