Arsenal boss Wenger: I will buy striker if good opportunity comes up
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says he will buy a new striker if a "good opportunity" comes up.
With Holland striker Robin van Persie sidelined for the best part of the remainder of the campaign, Wenger is keeping an "interested eye" out for possible replacements.
However, with Nicklas Bendtner on the comeback trail from a groin injury and England international Theo Walcott also set to return from a side strain, Wenger does not believe his squad are too light in attack.
"If I find a really good opportunity we will do it but, for the rest, wait and see," he said.
"If we have Bendtner, [Carlos] Vela, Eduardo, [Andrey] Arshavin and Walcott coming back available, then we have quite a good number of strikers.
"We can be a bit more relaxed."
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Comments (8)
Wenger doesnt want to buy any striker he is waiting for a player
who score 1 goal each 3 or 4 games an i mean here chamakh!!!!!!
David Villa , Dzeko , Huntelaar , Lavzzi , Kiessling , Hulk , Gignac
Arent those good opportunties Mr. Wenger!?? In the past we had
a stupid striker as adebayor and now Wenger inted to buy chamakh
GOD be with us !!!!!!!!!!!!
Arsene wenger trusts his own strikers. For any player to be at the top of their game they need to have confidence and a run of games. Eduardo is starting to show his form again and its only a amount of time before vela hits form. Football supporters are so fickle. And im one of them. If eduardo scores a hat trick against everton today we will all be saying "we dont need a striker". If he misses a sitter today then we will all say "We need to buy a striker!!!".
Buying a striker now.. even getting one on loan is a HUGE GAMBLE. It may take time for him to settle. Wenger would prefer to let his own strikers gather form by playing more games. Also a big part of football is luck. At the end of the day the most consistent and injury free team will win trophies.
If all our players could of stayed injury free this season we would of been several points clear by christmas... FACT.
A player i would love to see play at our club is ryan Babel. Arsene wenger is the best at unlocking players potential. Adebayor,Henry, Viera, Anelka were all struggling before coming to arsenal and Wenger made them superstars. I see babel as a carbon copy of henry.. he just needs a run of games and confidence.
Whatever happend 2 d bid 4 chamak, we are in need of a good striker.
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