William Gallas has advised Mikel Arteta to interchange two Arsenal players this summer and believes recent additions could help get one of the best out of Viktor Gyokeres.
Gyokeres has endured a mixed first season on the Emirates Stadium following last summer’s £64m move from Sporting, scoring 18 goals but receiving criticism for his general play.
Quite a lot of pundits have questioned if Gyokeres is nice enough to guide the road for title-chasing Arsenal, with Jamie Carragher recently claiming Arsenal needed to sign an upgrade in the summertime.
Gallas believes Gyokeres is usually a success at his former club but provided that Arsenal ‘change their style’ and begin providing him with higher and more regular service.
Arteta has Bukayo Saka and Noni Madueke at his disposal on the appropriate wing but Gallas fears each Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard on the left are stagnating.
Gallas is surprised by Martinelli’s subdued season – the Brazilian has scored only once within the Premier League – and has described Trossard as a ‘squad player’.
‘Who would I sign for Arsenal? To be honest, I believe they’ve got a superb squad they usually can do the identical performance for next season,’ Gallas told BoyleSports.
‘Even up front they’ve got the wingers however the only thing is possibly they still need one world class striker or to vary the type of the team.
‘When Arsenal play on the counter-attack, I believe sometimes the midfielders must search for Viktor Gyokeres to provide him the ball at the primary opportunity.
‘Gyokeres at all times asks for the ball in front, within the space, but he doesn’t get the ball, since the midfielder wants to maintain the ball. That’s the type of Arsenal.
‘Gyokeres has scored goals but he hasn’t scored enough goals so he has to succeed in a minimum 20 goals next season and it would be difficult for him if Arsenal are going to play the identical way because he doesn’t really dominate the league physically like he did in Portugal.
‘Possibly you wish a left winger because I don’t know what has happened to Gabriel Martinelli, he’s just not what he was, and Leandro Trossard is a superb squad player but you wish something else.
‘Would I prefer Khvicha Kvaratskhelia or Bradley Barcola for Arsenal? Barcola.
‘If you’ve got a striker like Gyokeres, you wish players to provide him the ball to attain the goals, and that’s why possibly a few of Arsenal’s style has to vary, or Arsenal need to vary their striker.’
Gyokeres was not noted of the starting XI for Arsenal’s top-of-the-table clash against Manchester City last weekend and was only introduced for the ultimate six minutes of the match.
The Swede will look to assist return Arsenal to winning ways once they host Newcastle on the Emirates on Saturday evening.
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