The rumours have been circulating that Loic Remy could be a new striker in the team next season. He was in the crowd at our final home game of the season against West Brom on Saturday but I admit, there isn't too much I know about the French forward.
Wenger has been insistent on playing Podolski on the wing which the German doesn't like - and he's been pretty open about. We've relied too much on Giroud this season and he isn't world class quality. Sanogo has promise and so is not yet ready to be relied on as first team striker, Walcott has been out injured since the FA Cup tie against Tottenham. I guess we've needed another striker for a while.
We enquired about Atletico's Diego Costa in January and transfer rumours were everywhere but he seems to be pretty much on his way to Chelsea when the summer arrives, although nothing has actually been confirmed as yet.
We were linked to Mario Mandzukic as well and he appears to be our top transfer target now. I'm quite excited about this potential move actually when you consider his stats. He has 18 goals in 29 games for Bayern in the Bundesliga this season, with 15 in 24 last season.
We had even been rumoured to be interested in Mario Balotelli though this has gone quiet. I would like to see us return for Julian Draxler in the summer too - he creates a lot and our attacking movement has been poor in correlation to our slump this season. We were top of the league at the start of Feb, how things change. There was the concern that we wouldn't be able to attract big names though if we didn't qualify for the UEFA Champions League next season but we secured this feat and so have no excuses.
Injuries to Ramsey, Wilshere and Ozil have contributed to the lack of attacking movement in the latter stages of the season (not forgetting Ozil's poor form). I do wonder where our season could've gone if we didn't have these kinds of knocks this year, but we have just about kept ourselves in European football and have a chance to lift the FA Cup!
I think players will have to shift if we are to bring in another midfielder like Draxler. I'll discuss who I think should be shifted out soon, as well as the other positions that may need filling too.
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