“You need a midfielder who can be a bit nasty,” Gallas told Gambling Zone. “Xhaka was that player. He’d put in tackles, playing rough football and would show to opponents that you can’t mess around with Arsenal. I don’t think they have that player.
“Rice is a good player. He’s done well at Arsenal but you need a player around him who could do that job and they don’t have that player. However, Arteta was an assistant coach at (Manchester) City with (Pep) Guardiola, everything he is doing with Arsenal is what Guardiola has been doing with City. Teams under Pep at City haven’t had that type of player. Xhaka could play football but sometimes he was also rough.”
William Gallas wants Arsenal to sign a "nasty" Declan Rice midfield partner.
Arsenal have been linked with a host of midfielders, most notably Aston Villa’s Douglas Luiz and Real Sociedad star Martin Zubimendi. However, although both could certainly help Rice in the Gunners’ title charge, would cost upwards of £50m at a time when Arsenal have to be conscious of Financial Fair Play.
Instead, Arsenal have been prioritising a striker as Ivan Toney, Dominic Solanke and Victor Osimhen are among the targets. Gallas believes that spending as much as £100m for Toney this summer would be “too much” and described any team prepared to pay Brentford’s valuation as “thick”, after the England man’s suspension was completed on January 17.
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