Mikel Arteta encouraged to bring central defender to Arsenal in summer

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Former ARSENAL star Alan Smith has claimed that Arsenal will need to sign a defender in the summer transfer window.

After a very impressive season in which they have sat top of the Premier League table for most of it, Manchester City are now only two points behind the Gunners with two games in hand.

Man City can move top of the League with a win over Fulham at the weekend – but the fact that Arsenal have pretty much thrown the title away over the past few weeks shows that Mikel Arteta still needs to add to his squad.

Mikel Arteta’s side dropped points in their three games heading into the City defeat with the absence of William Saliba at centre-half serving as a major blow for their title prospects.

And according to former Gunners star Smith – Arteta will need to add another central defender to that squad at the end of the season – He told Sky Sports: ‘I think you’re probably looking through the heart of the team, through the centre.

‘We’ve obviously seen how they’ve suffered without Wiliam Saliba and the drop-off was quite drastic really, no manager would want to see that so they miss the Frenchman.

He added: ‘[Jakub] Kiwior, the defender who came in in January, could develop into a very good player so that might be a bit premature because they bought one in Kiwior but Mikel Arteta didn’t feel he was ready yet and Rob Holding got the shout.’

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This season has been massive for ARSENAL – they really are a side that has the capabilities to compete for the title over the next few seasons.

There is still a chance that they could win that title – but they also need to make sure that they sign quality over quantity in the transfer window.

There are some massive names linked with a move to the Emirates – but the board fully back Mikel Arteta and his quest to win trophies and they will surely hand him the money that he needs to sign the players that the club needs.

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