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Keown says Arsenal still need defensive midfield signing

Arsenal hero Martin Keown feels they're still short of a defensive midfielder.

The Gunners defeated Manchester City 3-0 in the Community Shield yesterday.

Keown told the Daily Mail: "Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini will fill Arsenal's midfield lynchpin role next season, but the club should start looking at a long term successor in that position.

"Chambers could be the answer in that role in the long term, but at the moment they need him at the back.

"They need a little bit more pace through the middle of the park."

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