Premier league round up: Arsenal January 11th, 2011
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is likely to go hunting for a new defender in this transfer, given if French centre back Sebastian Squillaci is not able to recover from his hamstring concern.
While playing in the 1-1 draw against Leeds United in the FA Cup, the Frenchman suffered a muscle strain. No updates have yet been received on the seriousness of the injury but should Squillaci face a longer lay-off, Arsenal would have a crisis situation
at their hands. The extremely talented http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Laurent-Koscielny-c21742
and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Johan-Djourou-c18779. Neither of them are sharpest of knives in the drawer, and still have a lot to prove on the defensive front.
Arsenal has always been considered a weak side when it comes to the defensive side of things and they are in a dire need of a cover defender.
"If we only have two centre-backs then that cannot work with the number of centre-backs we have. If Squillaci has a problem then we must quickly go out for a player," stated the Arsenal manager.
Arsenal head into the make or break time of their season, as they are scheduled to play 11 matches this month. With their FA Cup replay now to be played, Arsenal has to head into the Carling Cup Semi final along with the fourth round of the FA Cup. This
goes side by side with the regular league fixtures and the side has to bring in reinforcements before the end of the January transfer window.
However, once Squillaci and Vermaelen recover from their respective injuries, Arsenal may have an overcrowding of defenders and some of them may have to be offloaded by the end of the season. Arsenal would want to land some silverware when they face West
Ham United tomorrow in the Carling Cup semi final. The side has not won any silverware since 2005 and are the favourites for lifting the cup in February.
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