Arsenal legend Emmanuel Petit has told his former club that it is important that they are “active” in the market during the January transfer window.
The Gunners are sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League as they are five points clear of Manchester City.
The Londoners are still expected to be busy in January with them looking to sign a new winger and centre-midfielder.
It is understood that Shakhtar Donetsk standout Myhaylo Mudryk is their “priority” signing on the flanks.
They are also being linked with strikers after it was confirmed that Gabriel Jesus will be out for a couple of months after injuring his knee.
The Brazilian has been in great form for Arsenal this term and Mikel Arteta has admitted that his injury is a “huge blow”.
Petit thinks Allan Saint-Maximin, Wilfried Zaha and Youssoufa Moukoko would all “be phenomenal at Arsenal”.
“They need to be active. I said a couple of months ago in the English press that there were two or three forwards I think would be phenomenal at Arsenal,” Petit told Mega Casino.
“Allan Saint-Maximin, maybe Zaha and the young guy from Dortmund who played a handful of minutes at the World Cup for Germany, Moukoko, who has been linked with Chelsea recently.”
Petit also thinks Arsenal should prioritise a move for Alexis Mac Allister and Moises Caicedo over Youri Tielemans.
Mac Allister is coming off a brilliant World Cup as he helped Argentina win the competition for the third time.
Caicedo meanwhile performed well for Ecuador in Qatar and he is being linked with a move elsewhere.
Petit is concerned that Tielemans would not be “what Arsenal need”.
“If we’re talking about midfielders for Arsenal, I know the links are there with Tielemans at Leicester, who I think is a good player but I’m not sure he is what Arsenal needs. I’m a big fan of two players from Brighton: Alexis Mac Allister and Moises Caicedo,” Petit added.
“Mac Allister, I said this last season before he won the World Cup, he is a guy that does everything in the midfield. He sets the tempo, carries the ball. Technically, he is very good. He scores goals.
“The guy that sits next to him at Brighton, Caicedo, is excellent.
“If Arsenal could take both of those players, two guys who know each other, they would fit perfectly at the club. They would do everything that Arteta wants in midfield. Both of them are young and could form a partnership for years.
“Mac Allister has just won the World Cup. He won the…
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