Arsenal should sign Manchester City defender, John Stones in the summer, Paul Merson has said.
Merson recently revealed that even if £200 million ($251m) would not end the club’s problems, signing the Englishman would be a step in the right direction.
According to him, it is very hard to see how an unambitious club, who is still a million miles away from having a top EPL team in the league, can buy their way out of trouble anytime soon.
He added that there is no way Mikel Arteta can get the money he needs out of Arsenal because the entire spine of the team needs fixing.
His words, “Mikel Arteta has no chance of getting the money he needs out of Arsenal,”
“They could spend £200m and still not make the Champions League next season because the gap is so big.
“They need a centre-back, a central midfielder and another striker. The whole spine of the team really.
“And I think he might go for John Stones at Manchester City. Pep Guardiola doesn’t seem to trust him, and Arteta has worked with him before.
“Arsenal need an out and out defender, not another David Luiz who knows how to play the ball out from the back but makes a lot of mistakes.
“But Stones is English, young enough to improve, and Arteta will know all about him and know he fits into the system.
“Arsenal beat Liverpool this week but how many chances did Jurgen Klopp’s have? They won the game because of a couple of mistakes.
“You don’t normally see Virgil Van Dijk and Alisson making mistakes like that and I expect City to beat them in the FA Cup semi final.
“Arsenal have a chance because it’s a one-off game and anything can happen. If they defend like they did against Liverpool it could get interesting.
“But that’s the thing with Arsenal, you can’t rely on them to play with any consistency and they would have to get massively lucky to get to the final.
“Arteta said himself the gap to the top two is enormous and he’s dead right. Arsenal are a million miles away.
“If you look at the quality of City versus Liverpool and the North London Derby, it’s chalk and cheese really.”
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