Former Arsenal striker Charlie Nicholas has slammed the performance of the club's signings under manager Unai Emery.

Emery brought in Bernd Leno, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Lucas Torreira and Matteo Guendouzi during his first summer in English football, and added the loan signing of Denis Suarez last month.

But Nicholas isn't convinced.

“The players that the manager has brought in are average," the Scot told Sky Sports.

“The goalkeeper [Leno] has got a chance but plays behind a really bad defence. Torreira and Guendouzi, the youngster, have done okay.

“Lichtsteiner? Not good enough, don't need him. Sokratis? The same, not been good enough.

“So far in the transfer window these are the manager's signings – three have been poor and three have been okay. That's a reflection of where we are going.

“He brings in Suarez and doesn't accommodate a defender. I can't accept that he's going down the right direction right now. It's reality. We are bog standard average."