Wenger hands striker new shirt number
Promising Arsenal forward Chuba Akpom will be wearing the no. 32 shirt starting next season.
The 19-year-old played an exciting cameo role in Arsene Wenger’s team during the winter even though he was sent on loan to Nottingham Forest for the remainder of last season.
Akpom’s displays after coming off the bench in a string of games were impressive enough to attract interest from the likes of Everton, Liverpool and Manchester United before he signed a new four-and-a-half-year deal.
The English youngster was playing in the final year of his contract last term ahead of the new deal he secured in February.
Wenger has now expressed his intent to keep Akpom as a senior attacking option after reducing the striker’s squad number to a more familiar no. 32.
That number was last worn by Theo Walcott – during his own impressive cameos at the San Siro and Anfield in the 2007/08 Champions League campaign – before he switched to Thierry Henry’s famous shirt.
Wenger’s faith in Akpom means he joins Olivier Giroud and Danny Welbeck as Arsenal’s main choices of centre-forwards heading into the new season.
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Whatabout Sanogo. Another Wenger love instead of Afobe?
Wenger should hand Alexis sanchez No.7 shirt
Rosa’s? Not now
Please I want alexis sanchenz to wear no7 or 10,chuba akpom to wear no30, if will couldn’t sign striker please will need to sign defensive midfielder like vidal or william carvalho…. Up gunners
Arsenal should sign vidal
Akpom is indeed a promising striker. He is far much better than giroud tactically and I believe he will be our next Thierry Henry.
We need a defensive midfielder and a sharp central striker. Wenger should go for vidal and Alexander lacozzette. He should not go for gonzalo heguin who is out of form and very expensive.
If he can’t buy a good striker, then walcott should be our central striker not giroud.
Ozil, walcott and sanchaz can do better than when we have giroud.
What’s wrong with Giroud? The guy is a top gooner. He had a decent season last year bar injuries. See no reason why he shouldn’t be considered as AFC’s main striker.
let him get astriker
i don’t think we need him
sometimes I don’t understand wenger at all some players are bond to play for arsenal but wil not sign them all, why that
Please and please wenger try to buy vidal or strike for arsenal now . because every season wenger said he won’t to salage league every season why you no fully come out leave the premier league salage no allow us to hear world why now.me as a fans of arsenal I personal no no the arsenal problem and the problem is that no guality strike and no guality of standard four wenger go out buying the vote play for arsenal fc. With me if arsenal fc can get the two players I hope arsenal problem could be solved.
Am i the only one here who wont drop a party if any of Higuain and Benzema signs. Dont really see much of them lately.
Dont get o wrong, they are still better than none
arsenal need defensive midfielder like Vida or William cavalho to help couqclin
DM more important. If there should be a striker then he must be top striker otherwise we use what we have. Walcott,giroud,welbeck,sanogo and akpom in that order.
Pls forget higuain, benzema. Not worth their prices. Would even prefer van foolish persie to them.