Arsenal's Current Squad

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Hello again fellow JA606's, apologies for lack of input recently so I thought I'd make up for it with a nice long article for you all.

Anyway, as we know our squad has gone a bit crazy recently so with under 2 weeks of the transfer window left I feel now is a good time to really look at the squad and see where we need to strengthen and who needs to go

Goalies

Players: Szczesny, Fabianski, Mannone

Possible Youth Team Players: Martinez

Verdict: I'm happy here, unless we lose one in the transfer window then experienced back up is needed.

Defenders

Players: Sagna, Jenkinson, Gibbs, Santos, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Djourou, Koscielny, Squillaci

Possible Youth Team Players: Miquel, Yennaris

Verdict: Squillaci should hopefully be sold but I fear this may not happen and he should be replaced by Miquel, only weak spot is RB but Jenkinson looked solid yesterday, however wasn't ever really tested so just hope Sagna is back soon with Yennaris able to play if needed.

Central Midfielders

Players: Diaby, Rosicky, Arteta, Wilshere, Ramsey, Carzola, Coquelin, Frimpong, Oxlade-Chamberlain

Possible Youth Team Players: Yennaris, Aneke

Verdict: With Song leaving and a number of these players injury prone I feel the loan signing of Sahin would be perfect, we could maybe do with a proper DM such as M'Villa or similar but Wenger played 2 deep lying midfielders yesterday which could make up for a lack of a proper destroyer and definitely suits our current crop of players so I would be apprehensive to sign another CM permanently especially with Carzola looking to have tied down the most advanced role and Wilshere soon to be back with Oxlade-Chamberlain also looking to play CM this year.

Wingers

Players: Walcott, Gervinho, Podolski, Arshavin, Oxlade-Chamberlain

Possible Youth Players: Gnarby, Eisfield

Verdict: Lots of talent here, but very frustrating, Arshavin looks increasingly likely to say which could be good news as he definitely has talent and is looking a lot fitter this year. We need more consistent performances especially from Walcott and Gervinho and this could be a real area of threat and there needs to be goals from here with the loss of RVP.

Centre Forwards

Players: Giroud, Podolski, Bendtner, Chamakh, Park

Possible Youth Players: None

Verdict: This is annoying as the amount of deadwood is ridiculous, Park and Chamakh should not be at the club and need to be sold ASAP, I think we need 3 quality strikers to challenge, Bendtner has the talent to be our third choice striker but has no desire to stay and therefore this is the area that I believe some money needs to be spent, apparently talk of Llorente today who I think would be a wonderful signing.

Anyway there's my views, thoughts on transfers and tactics would really be appreciated and this squad definitely has potential. COYG.