Arsenal need a Mikel Arteta replacement to realise Champions League ambitions
dailystar.co.ukMikel Arteta needs a player in the same mould he was to transform Arsenal next season.I think they still need a midfield player who can sit in front of the back four and pick a pass.
Arteta did that beautifully. But they don't have anyone like that any more. Granit Xhaka and Thomas Partey don't have those kind of skills; someone who's going to get on the ball and start spraying it around.Xhaka and Partey do a great job in there but they're not going to take you to the next level.
I don't think they've got a genuine passer in the team; a genuine playmaker from deeper positions like that. And if anyone can find that type of player it should be Arteta because he's played that position himself.Sometimes you have to be able to hit that diagonal ball over the top.
With Arsenal, everything is short, short, short. Martin Odegaard does a great job of that, playing one-twos and trying to slip players in.
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