An iconic defender from the club’s past believes Unai Emery needs to find a passionate and inspirational leader in the middle of the park
Arsenal are in need of a James Milner or Ray Parlour, says Sol Campbell, with the Gunners’ class of 2019-20 considered to lack “desire” in the middle of the park.
That is not a quality that the north London outfit have been short of in the past, with the likes of Patrick Vieria, Emmanuel Petit and Gilberto Silva having run their engine room.
There has, however, been a shift towards more ball-players than ball-winners, with the summer departure of Aaron Ramsey as a free agent seeing another player well versed in the demands of English football head for the exits.