Arsenal FC do not need to sign another striker - Arsene Wenger
Arsene Wenger (credit: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insists he doesn't need to sign another striker to claim the Premier League title this season.
The arrival of Petr Cech during the summer and the manner in which the Gunners finished the previous campaign has led to renewed optimism at Emirates Stadium that they can claim the league crown.
Wenger, whose side lost their opening game of the season at home to West Ham on Sunday, has been heavily linked with Real Madrid's Karim Benzema and former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry, now a pundit, believes the Frenchman would make the difference.
The Gunners boss however, says his side is already capable of getting enough goals to claim the title and expects his midfielders to share the scoring burden this term.
He told reporters: "I respect Thierry Henry's football knowledge, but it is not as simple that you just sign a striker like Benzema and then mathematically you win the title. It doesn't work like that.
"It is important to have a top striker, but I think [Olivier] Giroud will not be far from 20 goals. If he played the whole season he would have scored 20 and [Theo] Walcott as well.
"I am not concerned about the goals in our team. We look like we can score goals when we go forward and I think we have to depend less on one guy who can score. We need to develop the collective aspect.
"A guy like [Alex] Oxlade-Chamberlain should have an ambition to score 10 goals. [Alexis] Sanchez can score more goals. I think [Mesut] Ozil has to fix himself a target of at least ten goals every year playing behind the striker.
"We can share the goals around, more so than when Thierry played. Then you knew before the game he would get you a goal, but the dynamic of this team is different and we have many attacking options in this team."
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insists he doesn't need to sign another striker to claim the Premier League title this season.
The arrival of Petr Cech during the summer and the manner in which the Gunners finished the previous campaign has led to renewed optimism at Emirates Stadium that they can claim the league crown.
Wenger, whose side lost their opening game of the season at home to West Ham on Sunday, has been heavily linked with Real Madrid's Karim Benzema and former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry, now a pundit, believes the Frenchman would make the difference.
The Gunners boss however, says his side is already capable of getting enough goals to claim the title and expects his midfielders to share the scoring burden this term.
He told reporters: "I respect Thierry Henry's football knowledge, but it is not as simple that you just sign a striker like Benzema and then mathematically you win the title. It doesn't work like that.
"It is important to have a top striker, but I think [Olivier] Giroud will not be far from 20 goals. If he played the whole season he would have scored 20 and [Theo] Walcott as well.
"I am not concerned about the goals in our team. We look like we can score goals when we go forward and I think we have to depend less on one guy who can score. We need to develop the collective aspect.
"A guy like [Alex] Oxlade-Chamberlain should have an ambition to score 10 goals. [Alexis] Sanchez can score more goals. I think [Mesut] Ozil has to fix himself a target of at least ten goals every year playing behind the striker.
"We can share the goals around, more so than when Thierry played. Then you knew before the game he would get you a goal, but the dynamic of this team is different and we have many attacking options in this team."
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