The Sabbath Year as Last Chance - Arsenal at Check - Kicke

Even at Arsenal there is a lot of economy, the Gunners with the master candidates in the Premier League, to which they have not already belonged to a while, together. Otherwise they would have been able to spend almost 60 million euros for a Ben White - in all respect. At Arsenal, however, there is a whole lot of contradictions.

The new number 10

White could give the team in the style of Virgil van Dijk or Ruben Dias - at least so similar - new stability and sovereignty. Thomas Partey, however, injured, however, could accomplish the same in midfield. Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe, now equipped with the prestigious back numbers 7 and 10, could make the next step and pierre-emerick Aubameyang to find out old strength.

One could continue to play this game for a while, which concerns the development of record transfer Nicolas Pepé or generally the success of the Game Idea Mikel Artetas. Especially for the trainer, after a normal-length summer break, however, is: from the conjunctives to become tangible reality - there are no excuses.

Last season, the creeping, but steady decline of the Champions League finalist from 2006 reached a new low point: The Gunners, for years as a regular guest at Champions-League four, smiled, not even qualified for the Europa League. An international sabbathy year. Dwinding watching and Häme are one, valuable revenue that is noticeably missing, but the other side of a lackluster medal.

The New Vieira?

The project change must be 2021/22, at least with the qualification for international business. Personnel, although again with some conjunctives, this project already accepts contours. Defense Chef White is 23, with left-back Nuno Tavares and midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga (some strive for comparisons with Patrick Vieira) also came two 21-year-olds. Older are not Smith Rowe and Saka.

Albert Sambi Lokonga promises the Arsenal Annex a lot. Imago Images / Prime Media Images

Furthermore, the return of listing player Martin ödegaard (22) as well as a transfer of Leicester's playmaker James Maddison (24). Transfers that could still happen. There he is again, the conjunctive.

Arsenal, whose owner family Kroenke has rejected a lucrative purchase offer from Spotify boss Daniel EK in the past May, has chosen successful role models: Whether WHITE can now become a new Van Dijk or not, are Arteta and Co. orient Co. to Liverpool and Chelsea.

A new transfer policy

What should not mean that the Gunners declare these unite other aging Brazilians such as David Luiz or Willian, but rather refers to it after missing the international business (Reds and Blues experienced the 2016/17, Chelsea played 2018/19 Europa League ) To bundle the forces and to be strengthened from this situation due to the lower load. The players would be there for such a change.

Perhaps Arsenal, last time, succeeded in 2004 - will be master again, but there are still a shortness of themselves. But also at least once again to play Champions League in the medium term, the Londoner can not permit another season outside the top Six. Now it is true. That is exceptionally an indicative.

Placement 2020/21: 8 .

** Who is new: Ben White (Brighton and Hove Albion, about 58 million euros), Albert Sambi Lokonga (RSC Anderlecht, about 17 million), Nuno Tavares (Benfica, about eight million)

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