The club has often been linked with Benzema of Real Madrid.
But Wenger is developing the speedy Akpom.
Clearly, Arsenal need a striker who is superior to the energetic Welbeck and the competent Giroud.
I hope that sometime in the next five weeks Wenger will sign a classy international who can bury half the chances that Giroud and Welbeck waste.
As you know, the manager likes a team that shares the goals around and has preferred that model since he sold Henry.
Without a world class finisher, Arsenal might slip down to fifth.
Alexis Sanchez needs a sparky strike partner who can pass to him, make space for him, make runs for him, and score goals as well.
Something else you already know: Arsenal is a club that’s exceptionally good at staying in the same place, especially since it’s been managed by this world famous French polymath.
He has his own style of short-passing football and it works pretty well.
Most of Arsenal’s goals are made and scored by guys of five foot nine passing the ball six to 10 yards, not by long passes or crosses, not by free-kicks or corners.
Since I firmly believe that pre-season is for managers, I don’t think those games should be televised.
Watching Giroud stumbling around like an old carthorse, I was embarrassed for him.
However, it’s fantastic for ANR reader Singapore Sean, and other Gooners, to be able to go and see their favourite team.
AND IT’S NICE FOR SCUDAMORE TO SEE 52,000 IN THE STADIUM.
Arsenal were 1-0 up at half-time and 3-0 up in 62 and then sub Oxlade tried to dribble in the rear third and gave the ball to Mirallas, who passed forward to another sub, Barkley.
Ross Barkley is a gifted enigma who doesn’t start enough games.
But here he instantly fired a left-foot thunderbolt that flashed across Petr Cech, a very fine strike.
Cech hadn’t had much to do after tipping a Naismith header onto the crossbar in 41.
Barkley and Mirallas had both come on at half-time because, at this time of year, managers like to give a couple of players 45 and then bring on another pair for the second period.