Neville: Arsenal needs to sign two more strikers and a midfielder to continue to compete for the championship

May 13th According to the British media METRO, Gary Neville believed in an interview that Arsenal needed to introduce three more players to continue to compete for the championship.

Neville pointed out that Arsenal needs to sign three new players in the summer transfer window to continue to be competitive with the highest-level trophy. Arsenal has not won a major trophy since winning the FA Cup in 2020, and the last time they won the Premier League was in 2004. The Gunners finished second in the Premier League twice in 2023 and 2024, losing to Manchester City and Liverpool respectively.

Although Arsenal reached the Champions League semi-final this season, it was eventually eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain. Neville believes that Arsenal needs to sign two strikers and a midfielder. He noted that Arsenal had a serious lack of choice on the front line and lacked a player who could catch the ball deep in the midfield and organize the offense. It is reported that Arsenal will soon sign defensive midfielder Zubimendi from Real Sociedad.

In response, Neville said: "I am glad Arteta admitted at a press conference last Friday that they have retreated in the Premier League. Although the Champions League game has relieved some of their pressure in the last month, they have performed very poorly in the league and have also declined significantly compared to the previous two seasons."

In addition, Neville also emphasized that Arsenal has signed only one striker in the past seven seasons, which is obviously not enough. In response, Neville said: "They have spent £750 million but have only signed one striker, which is very ridiculous."

This season, Arsenal has even fewer goals than Newcastle, ranked third and Manchester City. Arsenal has reportedly been linked to several strikers, including RB Leipzig's Sesco. However, news over the weekend was reported that Arsenal had doubts about signing the Slovenian striker. In addition, there are reports that Arsenal has made a offer of 75 million euros (about 63.4 million pounds) to Portuguese sports forward Yorke.