Five players who should have left Arsenal on the deadline day
Sep 2, 2016 at 11:37 AM
For a player, it is always a good thing to stay with a big club like Arsenal. It gives them a good opportunity to win trophies. However, sometimes it turns into a nightmare as the players sometimes are frozen in these big clubs and rarely get first-team action.
Jack Wilshere, who is considered as one of the most talented English midfielders, left the Gunners on the deadline day for Bournemouth to get maximum playing time. Calum Chambers and Serge Gnabry also left the Emirates for the same reason. And we think that five more Arsenal players should have followed suit.
Here’s a look at five players who may have done themselves a world of good by leaving Arsenal:
Mathieu Debuchy:
The French full-back has fallen down the pecking order ever since Hector Bellerin joined the North London club. With first-team action tough to get, he left the Emirates for a loan move to French club Bordeaux in January but failed to impress after getting injured. He is carrying a new knock going into this season. He will get more competition when Carl Jenkinson returns from a long-term injury and it is quite predictable that his role will be mostly limited to bench.
Kieran Gibbs:
Nacho Monreal has become Gunners boss Arsene Wenger’s first-choice full back and as a result Gibbs is finding it really tough to get first-team action. Rumoured interest in Leicester City’s Ben Chilwell was a further prove that Wenger has lost faith in Gibbs. Lack of games also costed him a spot in England’s squad for the 2016 European championship.
The 26-year old has not been sold by Arsenal this summer probably because they have still not found a back-up for Monreal, but staying at the Emirates is obviously bad for Gibbs’ career.
Chuba Akpom:
Akpom has scored most number of goals for Arsenal in friendlies since 2013-14, but is yet to find the back of the net in a competitive match for the Gunners. The striker was kept at the Emirates only because Arsenal were finding it tough to land a striker. But now that they have signed Lucas Perez from Deportive La Coruna, it seems that the 20-year-old striker’s role will be limited to staying on the bench or playing in few EFL cup matches.
Yaya Sanogo:
After helping Arsenal win the FA Cup in May 2014, he joined Crystal Palace for the remainder of the season the following January. The next summer saw him join Dutch side Ajax for the first half of the campaign. He then spent the second half of the season with Charlton. But the 23-year has still not established himself at the Emirates. Fitness is one another roadblock in his career. The chances of Sanogo ever being a regular player for Arsenal look increasingly small. With Lucas Perez added to Arsenal’s attack and Olivier Giroud also returning to full fitness, he will find it really tough to break into the first team.
David Ospina
The arrival of Chelsea legend Petr Cech at the Emirates has seen the Columbia goalkeeper losing his starting spot. Ospina was heavily linked with a move away from the club, but Wenger managed to keep hold of a player he still rates very highly. He featured for the Gunners in the cup games including in the Champions League last season but a major blunder against Olympiakos costed him his spot in the team. And it seems highly unlikely that he will get a chance in this season.