Arsenal told to replace £50M star ‘with amazing signing’ worth £67M

Micah Richards has given his verdict on marquee ARSENAL signing Viktor Gyokeres and urged Mikel Arteta to replace Gabriel Martinelli, claiming that Eberechi Eze would be an amazing signing

Martinelli, who made 51 appearances for Arsenal last season, was linked with Bayern Munich earlier in the summer but the Bundesliga champions have since signed Luis Diaz from Liverpool.

Arteta is reportedly keen for Martinelli to stay put despite the increased competition at the Emirates Stadium. If he is sold, ARSENAL would want at least £50m for the Brazil international.

And amid all the speculation and rumours, Richards has opened up and encouraged the Gunners to sign an adequate replacement for Martinez, With the Gunners interested in signing England forward Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace’

Asked about Arsenal’s transfer business on The Rest Is Football podcast, ex-England defender Richards said: ‘How many times have we said Arsenal need a new striker? We said it every week last season.

‘They’ve needed one for a while now. I still believe they need a left winger as well… they’ve been linked with Eze haven’t they.

‘I think Martinelli can definitely do a job but he’s more of an impact player right now, great to have off the bench, so if they could get Eze that would be amazing.

‘In terms of Gyokeres, I think it’s a very good signing but I still think there are question marks if he can do it at this level consistently.

‘I’ve watched loads of videos of him and I think he’s really good with his movement, he’s a really clever striker.

‘I don’t think people should expect him to hold the ball up really well because I saw some times when it came off him but he still scored two goals in the match so he got lots of praise.

‘He will cause teams problems though and he’s exactly what ARSENAL needed, for sure.’

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