Arsenal are making West Ham midfielder and membership captain Declan Rice their high switch goal for this summer season.
Rice has been a key participant for West Ham and England in latest instances, and it appears Arsenal are desperate to carry him to the Emirates Stadium subsequent season, in keeping with the Night Customary.
Nonetheless, Customary reporter Simon Collings has additionally urged the Gunners to repair their defence, mentioning simply how a lot of a down-grade Rob Holding has been within the absence of the injured William Saliba.
Saliba had an outstanding season for Arsenal till he was compelled out of a number of the crew’s latest huge video games, and that lack of squad depth will likely be an enormous challenge for the north London giants when additionally they have Champions League soccer to consider subsequent season.
Whereas Rice clearly is sensible as a precedence to provide Mikel Arteta a youthful different to Thomas Partey, Jorginho and Granit Xhaka, it’s important to usually enhance the squad’s depth subsequent season now that Champions League soccer has been assured.
Saliba is a superb first selection choice, however there’s no backup behind him, with Holding clearly not ok. An alternative choice may be to maneuver Ben White into the centre, however then a brand new right-back would even be helpful.