William Gallas has advised Mikel Arteta to exchange two Arsenal players this summer and believes recent additions could help get one of the best out of Viktor Gyokeres.<\/p>\n
Gyokeres has endured a mixed first season on the Emirates Stadium following last summer\u2019s \u00a364m move from Sporting, scoring 17 goals but receiving criticism for his general play.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Gallas believes Gyokeres is usually a success at his former club but provided that Arsenal \u2018change their style\u2019 and begin providing him with higher and more regular service.<\/p>\n
Arteta has Bukayo Saka and Noni Madueke at his disposal on the fitting wing but Gallas fears each Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard on the left are stagnating.<\/p>\n
Gallas is surprised by Martinelli\u2019s subdued season \u2013 the Brazilian has scored only once within the Premier League \u2013 and has described Trossard as a \u2018squad player\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018Who would I sign for Arsenal? To be honest, I believe they\u2019ve got a superb squad and so they can do the identical performance for next season,\u2019 Gallas told BoyleSports<\/a>.<\/p>\n Metro<\/strong>‘s weekly newsletter In The Mixer delivers punchy evaluation and breakdowns of the most important football stories on to your inbox.<\/p>\n Enroll here, it’s an open goal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018Even up front they\u2019ve got the wingers however the only thing is perhaps they still need one world class striker or to vary the type of the team.<\/p>\n \u2018When Arsenal play on the counter-attack, I believe sometimes the midfielders need to search for Viktor Gyokeres to present him the ball at the primary opportunity.<\/p>\n \u2018Gyokeres at all times asks for the ball in front, within the space, but he doesn\u2019t get the ball, since the midfielder wants to maintain the ball. That’s the type of Arsenal.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018Gyokeres has scored goals but he hasn\u2019t scored enough goals so he has to achieve a minimum 20 goals next season and it should be difficult for him if Arsenal are going to play the identical way because he doesn\u2019t really dominate the league physically like he did in Portugal.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018Perhaps you would like a left winger because I don\u2019t know what has happened to Gabriel Martinelli, he\u2019s just not what he was, and Leandro Trossard is a superb squad player but you would like something else.<\/p>\n \u2018Would I prefer Khvicha Kvaratskhelia or Bradley Barcola for Arsenal? Barcola.<\/p>\n \u2018If you\u2019ve got a striker like Gyokeres, you would like players to present him the ball to attain the goals, and that\u2019s why perhaps a few of Arsenal\u2019s style has to vary, or Arsenal need to vary their striker.\u2019<\/p>\n Gyokeres did not boost his goals tally in Arsenal\u2019s Carabao Cup final defeat to Manchester City before the international break.<\/p>\n The Sweden international was on track of their FA Cup quarter-final against Southampton on Saturday but couldn’t prevent Arsenal from slipping to a shock 2-1 defeat.<\/p>\n Arsenal face Gyokeres\u2019 former club Sporting in the primary leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Follow Metro Sport for the most recent news on \n\t\t\t\tGet your football fix\t\t\t<\/h2>\n
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