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Five players Arsenal should have bought in August 2012

Next picture It was embarrassing enough for Wenger to allow Sir Alex sign his 30-goal striker, Robin van Persie. But the Frenchman missed a trick by failing to use Dimitar Berbatov as part of the deal. The Bulgarian boasted 75 Premier League goals and was available for just £5m, while Giroud and Podolski are still finding their feet in England. Keep clicking for more players Arsenal should have signed...

It was embarrassing enough for Wenger to allow Sir Alex sign his 30-goal striker, Robin van Persie. But the Frenchman missed a trick by failing to use Dimitar Berbatov as part of the deal. The Bulgarian boasted 75 Premier League goals and was available for just £5m, while Giroud and Podolski are still finding their feet in England. Keep clicking for more players Arsenal should have signed...

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By Chris Mendes | Tuesday, November 13, 2012

 

Arsenal's season is taking a depressingly familiar path to failure, but rather than suggest Wenger should have splashed tens of millions on players likelier to join mega rich Man City or Chelsea, why don't we look at good value players he could (and probably should) have bought instead?

CLICK THE ARROW ON THE RIGHT OF THE IMAGE TO SCROLL THROUGH OUR SELECTION OF FIVE PLAYERS THAT EITHER SLIPPED AWAY FROM ARSENAL OR WHO Arsene Wenger SHOULD HAVE CONSIDERED IN AUGUST 2012.

Which of these players would you have liked at Arsenal? Let us know by leaving a comment below...