{"id":176,"date":"2026-03-26T17:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=176"},"modified":"2026-03-26T17:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:11:07","slug":"theres-no-star-player-jamie-carragher-warns-mikel-arteta-and-tells-arsenal-where-they-must-strengthen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=176","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;There&#8217;s no star player&#8221; \u2013 Jamie Carragher warns Mikel Arteta and tells Arsenal where they must strengthen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"5144609\" data-slug-id=\"2757737\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Liverpool great Jamie Carragher has warned Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta that his team is lacking in elite players, urging him to sign a new number nine this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal, who are still in contention for a historic treble, lost their chance to win four trophies this season last Sunday (March 22). They slumped to a 2-0 EFL Cup final loss to Manchester City following a second half brace by Nico O&#8217;Reilly at Wembley Stadium, creating just 0.89 xG in the clash.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"template__newsletter-inline-banner-form-combo-widget\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<p><img id=\"subscribe-img\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the submission!\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>While decoding the Gunners&#8217; below-par offensive performance against Manchester City, Carragher stated that Arteta&#8217;s outfit lack game-changing players. He stated on The Overlap (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/03\/26\/jamie-carragher-urges-mikel-arteta-replace-64m-star-reveals-arsenal-worry-27678928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Metro<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;They are the best team in the league and have an amazing record but I still look at the attack and think it&#8217;s only okay. There&#8217;s no star player and sometimes you need that player when you&#8217;re not playing well like they weren&#8217;t in the cup final. I don&#8217;t think they have enough special players in attack and that would worry me a bit for the Champions League.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Carragher, who represented Liverpool 737 times, added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I thought two years ago that (Bukayo) Saka and (Martin) Odegaard were going to be the real deal and be like (Mohamed) Salah and (Kevin) De Bruyne. They were nearly there. Arsenal are probably going to win the league but if they do I don&#8217;t think any of the attacking players will think they&#8217;ve had an amazing season. It&#8217;s just not clicked.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After Gunners great Ian Wright shared his thoughts on Viktor Gyokeres&#8217; display on Sunday, the former Liverpool defender said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You still need to buy a centre-forward.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gyokeres, who is the only Gunners player to score more than 10 league goals this season, has been a subject of debate this campaign. He has netted 16 times in 42 overall appearances for his team since departing Sporting CP in a deal worth up to \u00a364 million last summer.<\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal keen to sign PSG attacker<\/h2>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/arsenal-khvicha-kvaratskhelia-psg-transfer-news-b2945586.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">The Independent<\/a>Arsenal are hoping to snap up Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) forward Khvicha Kvaratskhelia this summer. They feel that the player would offer more creativity to their side amid speculations the Georgian is open to joining the Emirates Stadium outfit.<\/p>\n<p>However, PSG consider Kvaratskhelia an unsellable player, with the player helping them reach the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals this term. 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