Mikel Arteta has been told by former Arsenal defender Johan Djourou to sign his own version of Jack Grealish to help the competition for places in the squad. The Gunners look to be focusing on defensive additions in the summer transfer window with a new central defender and right back two priority positions they want to fill.
Some of the names expected to be on their short list of options in those two roles includes Marc Guehi, Edmond Tapsoba, Mohamed Simakan and Ivan Fresneda. Arsenal's lack of depth at the back was brutally exposed by injuries to William Saliba, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Oleksandr Zinchenko which saw Arteta shuffle his back four.
The final few weeks of the season saw central midfielder Thomas Partey at right-back, Ben White moved inside to partner Gabriel Magalhaes and Jakub Kiwior moved to left-back. Clearly, these necessary changes impacted Arsenal's failed Premier League title bid which explains why Arteta is desperate for more additions.
