Arsenal told they can win the Premier League but only if they make this one signing even after £204m summer spending

One deal is all it takes if Arsenal are to mount a credible title challenge. The Gunners have been active in the Summer transfer window as they embark on a critical season in boss Mikel Arteta’s tenure. GettyMikel Arteta is facing a pivotal season in the Gunners dugout[/caption] The high-flying Gunners have made huge strides in their attempts to end their 21-year Premier League title drought but are yet to get over the line. That progression has also transcended to Europe with the Gunners having reached the quarter-final and semi-final stage of the Champions League in the last two seasons. But with their shortfalls laid bare on both fronts and disgruntlement from sections of the club’s fanbase in regards to recruitment, a strong transfer window was imperative. And it appears that what Arsenal fans are getting as Arteta enters his seventh season in the Emirates dugout. Without a trophy since the FA Cup win in 2020 and with millions invested in the playing squad, Arteta knows a pivotal nine months await. The importance of the upcoming season has been reflected in the club’s recent transfer activity. The arrivals of midfielders Martin Zubimendi and Christian Norgaard will help add depth and steel to Arteta’s side. Spanish defender Cristhian Mosquera will provide extra cover at centre-back while Kepa Arrizabalaga, Noni Maduele and the recent capture of striker Viktor Gyokeres, somewhat appears to address the problem areas. That represents a massive transfer outlay of £204m, but they have been told to not stop there. And talkSPORT’s Rory Jennings is in agreement that Arteta and sporting director Andrea Berta deserve their flowers for their hard work in acquiring six new signings. GettyViktor Gyokeres will need to hit the ground running to get Arsenal off to a fast start[/caption] “I think they’ve done very well up until this point,” Jennings told talkSPORT. “Going out and signing Viktor Gyokeres is huge. It’s something that is noteworthy, it’s something that they deserve an awful lot of credit for and it could be defining. “They needed to sign Gyokeres. He scored the most goals in Europe and Arsenal have gone out and signed a best-in-class player which is what they needed to do. But Jennings has warned Arsenal that their transfer business should not end there, with one more key signing likely to put them in contention for the Premier League title. “In my opinion, it’s not enough,” he added. “What they need to do now is marry up the signing of Viktor Gyokeres with more. “If you look at the methodology deployed by Liverpool, look at what they’ve done. “Not only have they made a statement signing in Florian Wirtz, they’ve also tweaked their squad where they needed to, they’ve gone and signed someone like [Milos] Kerkez. Rory Jennings had been impressed by Arsenal’s transfer activity this summertalkSPORT GettyJennings believes Eberechi Eze is the key to Arsenal’s title challenge[/caption] “I think the difference between Arsenal being a good team in the top four and a team totally capable of challenging Liverpool until the end of the season, it’s so easy. “You go and sign Eberechi Eze. “Without the Eze signing they don’t win the league. What Eze would do if he did end up playing for Arsenal, I think he would raise the tide. “I think he would elevate everybody. All of sudden Bukayo Saka is a better player because he’s got someone like Eberechi Eze in the team” The Crystal Palace star has been on the radar of the Premier League’s big boys for the last two summers. His winner in the FA Cup final would have done little to deter clubs from taking a punt on the 27-year-old. GettyThe Crystal Palace star was the match winner in May’s FA Cup final triumph[/caption] Arsenal have been subject of the strongest links with Eze but no offer has been tabled by any club for the FA Cup final hero. “Eze is probably the best player who is Premier League proven that is still playing for a team rightly or wrongly perceived as a selling club,” Jennings added. “Alexander Isak is the best player outside of the big six. Liverpool are working on it but it’s going to be very hard to get him. But Eze represents the player you could actually get. “If they get him, it really is game on for the Premier League title for Arsenal.”

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Arsenal told they can win the Premier League but only if they make this one signing even after £204m summer spending

One deal is all it takes if Arsenal are to mount a credible title challenge.

The Gunners have been active in the Summer transfer window as they embark on a critical season in boss Mikel Arteta’s tenure.

Mikel Arteta is facing a pivotal season in the Gunners dugout[/caption]

The high-flying Gunners have made huge strides in their attempts to end their 21-year Premier League title drought but are yet to get over the line.

That progression has also transcended to Europe with the Gunners having reached the quarter-final and semi-final stage of the Champions League in the last two seasons.

But with their shortfalls laid bare on both fronts and disgruntlement from sections of the club’s fanbase in regards to recruitment, a strong transfer window was imperative.

And it appears that what Arsenal fans are getting as Arteta enters his seventh season in the Emirates dugout.

Without a trophy since the FA Cup win in 2020 and with millions invested in the playing squad, Arteta knows a pivotal nine months await.

The importance of the upcoming season has been reflected in the club’s recent transfer activity.

The arrivals of midfielders Martin Zubimendi and Christian Norgaard will help add depth and steel to Arteta’s side.

Spanish defender Cristhian Mosquera will provide extra cover at centre-back while Kepa Arrizabalaga, Noni Maduele and the recent capture of striker Viktor Gyokeres, somewhat appears to address the problem areas.

That represents a massive transfer outlay of £204m, but they have been told to not stop there.

And talkSPORT’s Rory Jennings is in agreement that Arteta and sporting director Andrea Berta deserve their flowers for their hard work in acquiring six new signings.

Viktor Gyokeres will need to hit the ground running to get Arsenal off to a fast start[/caption]

“I think they’ve done very well up until this point,” Jennings told talkSPORT. “Going out and signing Viktor Gyokeres is huge. It’s something that is noteworthy, it’s something that they deserve an awful lot of credit for and it could be defining.

“They needed to sign Gyokeres. He scored the most goals in Europe and Arsenal have gone out and signed a best-in-class player which is what they needed to do.

But Jennings has warned Arsenal that their transfer business should not end there, with one more key signing likely to put them in contention for the Premier League title.

“In my opinion, it’s not enough,” he added. “What they need to do now is marry up the signing of Viktor Gyokeres with more.

“If you look at the methodology deployed by Liverpool, look at what they’ve done.

“Not only have they made a statement signing in Florian Wirtz, they’ve also tweaked their squad where they needed to, they’ve gone and signed someone like [Milos] Kerkez.

Rory Jennings had been impressed by Arsenal’s transfer activity this summer

Jennings believes Eberechi Eze is the key to Arsenal’s title challenge[/caption]

“I think the difference between Arsenal being a good team in the top four and a team totally capable of challenging Liverpool until the end of the season, it’s so easy.

“You go and sign Eberechi Eze.

“Without the Eze signing they don’t win the league. What Eze would do if he did end up playing for Arsenal, I think he would raise the tide.

“I think he would elevate everybody. All of sudden Bukayo Saka is a better player because he’s got someone like Eberechi Eze in the team”

The Crystal Palace star has been on the radar of the Premier League’s big boys for the last two summers.

His winner in the FA Cup final would have done little to deter clubs from taking a punt on the 27-year-old.

The Crystal Palace star was the match winner in May’s FA Cup final triumph[/caption]

Arsenal have been subject of the strongest links with Eze but no offer has been tabled by any club for the FA Cup final hero.

“Eze is probably the best player who is Premier League proven that is still playing for a team rightly or wrongly perceived as a selling club,” Jennings added.

“Alexander Isak is the best player outside of the big six. Liverpool are working on it but it’s going to be very hard to get him. But Eze represents the player you could actually get.

“If they get him, it really is game on for the Premier League title for Arsenal.”