{"id":2014,"date":"2019-02-28T10:24:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incirliseviye.com\/2019\/02\/28\/arsenal-signings-under-emery-have-left-gunners-bog-standard-average-nicholas\/"},"modified":"2019-02-28T10:24:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:24:31","slug":"arsenal-signings-under-emery-have-left-gunners-bog-standard-average-nicholas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=2014","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal signings under Emery have left Gunners 'bog standard average' \u2013 Nicholas"},"content":{"rendered":"
There have been six additions to the senior squad at Emirates Stadium since a new manager took the helm, but few have inspired much confidence <\/div>\n
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Many of the players acquired by Arsenal are \u201cpoor\u201d, according to Charlie Nicholas, with a lack of productivity in the transfer market and mismanagement behind the scenes ensuring that the club \u201cbog standard average\u201d.<\/p>\n

Arsene Wenger was keen to keep a close eye on the purse strings during his iconic reign with the Gunners, and little has changed under his successor Unai Emery.<\/p>\n

No funds were made available in January, with Denis Suarez the only arrival on a loan deal from Barcelona.<\/p>\n

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More business was done in the summer of 2018, but Arsenal refused to break the bank when bringing in Bernd Leno, Lucas Torreira, Matteo Guendouzi, Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Stephan Lichtsteiner.<\/p>\n

Value has been found in some of those recruits but Nicholas believes they have done little to raise the collective quality, telling Sky Sports<\/em>: \u201cThe players that the manager has brought in are average.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goalkeeper [Leno] has got a chance but plays behind a really bad defence. Torreira and Guendouzi, the youngster, have done okay.<\/p>\n

\u201cLichtsteiner? Not good enough, don\u2019t need him. Sokratis? The same, not been good enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo far in the transfer window these are the manager’s signings \u2013 three have been poor and three have been okay. That\u2019s a reflection of where we are going.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe brings in Suarez and doesn\u2019t accommodate a defender. I can\u2019t accept that he\u2019s going down the right direction right now. It\u2019s . We are bog standard average.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nicholas believes the problems at Arsenal, who have been unable to shake their inconsistencies this season, rest on the shoulders of the club\u2019s board, not Emery.<\/p>\n

The former Gunners striker added: \u201cThey have a manager that I like what he is trying to do and I feel for him. We need to give him at least two seasons to clarify whether he is going to be good enough or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis controlled leadership, we have an owner in America who is interested but doesn\u2019t want to be hands on.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast season, Arsene Wenger leaving, [Ivan] Gazidis turned around and said it was time for at Arsenal, be prepared for in everything. He leaves four months later. It\u2019s a mess. There is no leadership, no guidance.\u201d<\/p>\n

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There have been six additions to the senior squad at Emirates Stadium since a new manager took the helm, but few have inspired much confidence Many of the players acquired by Arsenal are \u201cpoor\u201d, according to Charlie Nicholas, with a lack of productivity in the transfer market and mismanagement behind the scenes ensuring that the … <\/p>\n

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