Arsenal have quietly prioritised rebuilding in the defensive areas of their squad so far this summer, with Bernd Leno and Stephan Lichtsteiner already secured and Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Lucas Torreira reportedly soon to join them. This makes a lot of sense for Arsenal, who were light on experience, quality and numbers in these departments. The squad is seen as top heavy and with some justification. Alexis Sanchez’s reliability as both creator and scorer of goals meant that the Gunners needed to sign two attacking players to replace him, in Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan. Alexandre Lacazette was also procured 12 months ago, while Mesut Özil signed an uber lucrative contract extension...
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