5 Signings Arsenal should make in January

By Ryan Willox | Dec 3, 2016

WEST BROMWICH, ENGLAND - AUGUST 28: Saido Berahino of West Bromwich Albion during the Premier League match between West Bromwich Albion and Middlesbrough at The Hawthorns on August 28, 2016 in West Bromwich, England. (Photo by Adam Fradgley - AMA/WBA FC via Getty Images) /

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INGOLSTADT, GERMANY – NOVEMBER 26: Julian Draxler of Wolfsburg in action during the Bundesliga match between FC Ingolstadt 04 and VfL Wolfsburg at Audi Sportpark on November 26, 2016 in Ingolstadt, Germany. (Photo by Deniz Calagan/Bongarts/Getty Images) /

2. Julian Draxler

On the face of it Wolfsburg’s German international is much of the same as Arsenal already have.

However, what the Gunners need are added dimensions.

They need players who will drive and shoot instead of pass laterally again. That burden cannot fall solely to Alexis Sanchez.

In tandem with a Berahino signing, Draxler would offer Arsenal that ‘plan B’ that Wenger has never seemed to have.

It would push the Oxlade-Chamberlain’s and Walcott’s to put up or shut up.

Comfortable off both feet, technically proficient and dynamic, Draxler again fits the mould of a Wenger player.

He would give an added option that would negate the need for Wenger to wrap his players in cotton wool.

In common with Oblak and Berahino, Draxler is young at 23 but proven at the higher level.

With Real Madrid sniffing around Mezut Ozil, Arsenal need a capable replacement, and not another French under-17 prospect.

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