Arsenal legend Perry Groves has urged Unai Emery to make some quality signings and has advised the manager to bring in Ryan Fraser, Shane Duffy and Lewis Dunk.
The Gunners are having a fund crunch and Emery once again will have a paltry budget as little as £45m. The huge wage bill and a fifth place finish in the Premier League have complicated the situations and unless Emery is offloading some players raising money would be a problem for them.
Fraser has been linked earlier with the North Londoners. The Bournemouth winger had a brilliant season for the cherries having netted seven goals and setting up another 14 in the top flight.
Brighton & Hove Albion defensive duo Dunk and Duffy has been crucial for the Seagulls in the last couple of seasons and their consistent performance in the heart of the backline is quite commendable.
Groves said, “From the game midweek, the thing that was really worrying was the lack of character and the lack of heart
“We’re going to see a [Champions League] final tomorrow that, whatever you say about the two teams, these two teams, and it pains me to say it because it’s obviously Spurs, both these two teams have character and have heart.
“You’ve seen the way they’ve come back in the semi-finals.
So the remit now for Unai Emery, he’s got to go and find players. “I’m not bothered about world-class players with world-class ability, because Arsenal can’t afford them, that ship has sailed.
“Now he’s got to buy the character, and the heart is the main thing.
“A bit like when George Graham came to us in 1986, he had to get rid of some high-earning players and put a heart and a soul back in
“So the £45million, you’re now looking at the likes of Ryan Fraser at Bournemouth.
“He can play wide and he’s got good ability, he’s got heart and character.
“The two centre-halves at Brighton, Lewis Dunk and Duffy, they’re better than what Arsenal have and they have fight and they have heart.”
