Arsenal’s impressive 3-2 victory over Manchester City in the club’s final pre-season friendly was marred by a cruel ankle sprain suffered by Gabriel Paulista in the closing minutes.
Gooners were bemoaning their luck yet again with five pre-season fixtures having culminated in Per Mertesacker suffering a long-term injury, Jack Wilshere being sidelined and now Gabriel Paulista too, adding to Danny Welbeck’s absence of course.
Despite Arsenal already starting to suffer their annual injury crisis, the fearless Arsene Wenger has again failed to extensively add reinforcements to the gaps sin his squad with Gooners currently suffering that same old feeling of deja vu.
What’s a shame right now is the fact Arsenal have looked incredibly sharp in pre-season, racking up some impressive victories while playing some excellent football to boot.
That’s why it’s all the more frustrating to be suffering these injuries, not to mention topping up an already impressive squad with those final few components to truly turn the Gunners into real title contenders.
At present, just Calum Chambers, Rob Holding and Krystian Bielik remain fit as viable centre back options for the Premier League opener against Liverpool and with a tough assignment away at Leicester City next up, Arsenal quite simply could do with an additional centre back signing.
That’s why today, Arsenal Mania have devised a list of FIVE centre back’s Arsenal must simply enquire about following Gabriel’s pre-season injury.