Top five players that Arsenal should sign in the summer transfer window – Premier League (Part 3)
After discussing both Cheik Tiote and Yoann Gourcuff’s possible transfers to Arsenal in the English Premier League, it is now time to elaborate upon Christopher Samba’s move to the Gunners’ and why they need him now more than ever
to fit into their defensive line...
Christopher Samba
Shakespeare once said that “rough winds do shake the darling buds of May” and this perfectly describes what Arsenal F.C has been through over the past five or so years. Arsenal always start the season off with a bang, they rarely
falter in the opening few months as their squad is fresh from the summer break but as the season enters into the month of November, the Gunners’ start disappointing. With no defensive solidity and lack of organization at the back coupled with some horrendous
goalkeeping errors, Arsenal’s failure has largely been related to their leaky http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Defence-c38904.
Last season, Arsenal conceded more goals than anyone else in the top four. Their goals against tally of 43 pales in comparison to 33 each conceded by Manchester City and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 whilst it also fails to match the 37 goals that Manchester
United conceded on their way to a record English Premier League title.
In the last five to six matches of the Premier League season, Arsenal were finding it hard to keep it together at the back. Injuries and everything else aside, the Gunners’ were simply too weak in their defence. Laurent Koscienly’s
lack of physicality coupled with Johan Djourou’s inexperience cost them dear in the end.
In a league such as the Premier League where physicality is the name of the game, Arsenal need a strong, physical, powerful and a muscular central defender. A central defender which looks like a defender not a winger! A central
defender which commands the penalty area and organizes his defence! What Arsenal need is http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Christopher-Samba-c9212.
The Congolese centre back has impressed in the Premier League ever since his arrival at Blackburn http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044 and also silky operators such as Fernando
Torres and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dimitar-Berbatov-c11254. If Samba does arrive at Arsenal in the present transfer window then they will be one of the favourites to make it to the UEFA Champions League next season along with serious contenders for the Premier League title.
Samba’s move to Arsenal also holds great deal of importance for Arsene Wenger whose youthful approach which is based on literally passing the ball into the back of the net requires a strong defensive base to build upon. Samba will
prove Arsenal with aerial strength and capability on both ends of the pitch. His experience will help them against physical opponents such as Chelsea and Stoke City whilst also allowing them to exploit the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604.
However, Arsenal will find it hard to convince Blackburn to part ways with their central defender. They have played a great role in Samba’s rise to fame in the Premier League and thus a price tag of around about 16 million is being
talked about right now. Arsene Wenger should waste no time in banking on the young Congolese centre back but he is exactly what http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 need right now!
To be continued in part four....
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