Grzegorz Krychowiak
After a bad injury to long-term defensive midfielder target William Carvalho and him signing a new contract with Sporting, signing Grzegorz Krychowiak is even more important now. With central midfield cover a transfer priority, the 25-year-old Sevilla star is tall, powerful, strong and fast and would provide a different dimension in the first team to the classy Cazorla and combative Coquelin and is a big improvement on the ageing Rosicky, Arteta and Flamini.
The Pole is a proven winner on the European stage after helping Sevilla to the Europa League last season, but Gooners will have to hope the rumours he’s close to a new bumper contract in Spain don’t come true.