Arteta’s Arsenal: A promising team in need of a tweak in the middle
Arteta’s Arsenal: A promising team in need of a tweak in the middle
Our midfield needs surgery, but our defence and attack can be left alone in the summer transfer window. We can survey the wreckage left by former manager Unai Emery for Arteta to rescue Arsenal and save the team from a relegation battle this season. Even the news of a 6-0 thrashing of Charlton Athletic in a friendly before the Premier League kicks off again on 17 June isn’t enough to convince me that next season Arsenal will assemble a midfield worthy enough to challenge for the title.
I found some interesting opinions on Arsenal’s midfield reality and caught up with Gooner sports journalist, James Bayliss (@jaybayliss_sport), who recently launched the comic themed Arsenal website: “The Goonerverse,”. I also spoke to Massimiliano Lolo (@Maxi_Gooner), another fan based in Italy for a fo...