Arsenal legend Tony Adams has revealed that his former-club need to sign at least three players this Summer if they want to challenge for the Premier League title next season.
The Gunners, who were league leaders for the majority of last season, ended the campaign in fourth place, but managed to recover their season at the end when they lifted the FA Cup after an impressive turnaround against Hull City at Wembley.
It was reported earlier that Adams admitted he can’t see the club finishing above fourth place anytime soon due to Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea’s activity in the transfer market, and he also has concerns about Manchester United returning to the top-four picture as well.
Now, the former-captain has admitted that the club are at least three players short of being real challengers again.
“Arsene [Wenger] won’t change his philosophy now and I had a conversation with him about his full-backs and you can’t win the league with their system,” Adams exclusively told Express Sport.
“You have to have defensive stability. They just go for it Arsenal and Sagna has now gone to Manchester City.
“It will be same old same old and try and get everyone on the last day I’m afraid. Against the big clubs, they will come unstuck.
“Arsene is the man – for 17 years straight they have qualified for the Champions League, the club seem happy with that and they have won an FA Cup, but I don’t see them moving to the next level. It depends if they bring in a new full-back.
“They need two strong, magnificent full-backs and Kieran Gibbs’ defending isn’t his best quality.
“Arteta is a good player without being great and would like a big strong guy in there to complement the other midfielders.”
He continued: “I don’t think they are the answer for me. Mathieu [Flamini] and Mikel [Arteta] are ok, but I don’t think the quality is there to win the league.
“There is no Yaya Toure for me. The table doesn’t lie. They have 4th based players there.
“You need championship winning players and the squad doesn’t lie.”
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles
