July 12th 2024.
It has been confirmed that Martin Odegaard will continue to serve as Arsenal's captain for the upcoming season, with hopes of overtaking Manchester City in the Premier League. In light of this, former Arsenal player William Gallas believes that England's Euro 2024 hero, Ollie Watkins, would be the ideal addition to the team this summer. Manager Mikel Arteta has been primarily focused on strengthening the defense and bolstering the goalkeeping department.
Recent developments include the permanent signing of David Raya and the progressing deal for Italian center-half Riccardo Calafiori. With arguably the strongest defense in the league, Arsenal narrowly missed out on the title last season and is now expected to make efforts towards improving their goal-scoring department. In the previous campaign, Kai Havertz showed improvement in his false nine role towards the end, while Arteta hopes for Gabriel Jesus to recover from his injury struggles during the run-in. Despite being linked with several forwards, Arsenal faced a setback when Benjamin Sesko decided to stay at RB Leipzig.
However, Gallas believes that the solution to Arsenal's shortage of strikers may be closer to home, in the form of Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins. The boyhood Arsenal fan had an impressive Premier League season last year, and he further cemented his reputation by scoring the winning goal for England in the Euro 2024 semi-final against Netherlands. The former Brentford star possesses the pace and clever runs that make him difficult to defend against, and Gallas is confident that he would work perfectly in tandem with Arsenal's captain and creator, Martin Odegaard.
Speaking to Lord Ping, Gallas said, "For Arsenal, I like Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins. He has the pace you need to have as a striker, and with a player like Martin Odegaard in behind him, it would just be magnificent. Think of all the assists." He added, "It's so difficult to defend against players like Ollie Watkins because he's so clever with his runs. With Odegaard, they would do so much damage. If I was at Arsenal, I'd choose him."
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