Arsenal's Striking issues.

It has been well known that Arsenal have needed a top quality to fire them to become Premier League champions and also help them do better in the Champions League. However, due to there being a lack of real top quality strikers in Europe, Arsene Wenger has made the decision not to sign anybody and to stick to what he has already.

Arsenal were linked with a lot of top quality in this summer transfer window. They were linked to strikers like Edinson Cavani, Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Paris Saint-Germain, but most noticeably they were linked heavily through the summer for Real Madrid's Karim Benzema. Arsenal fans were dreaming of this transfer happening as a lot of agents stuck their neck on the line by saying this deal with definitely happen. It didn't. Benzema came out just over a week ago saying he's staying at Real Madrid and that the fans shouldn't believe all the reports that were going around.

So where did this leave Arsenal on deadline day ? Arsenal were left with options that were no where near the calibre of Karim Benzema or Edinson Cavani, although reports were circulating that Arsene Wenger was in Paris to complete a deal for the PSG striker. Arsenal were left with the option for players like Alexander Kokorin and Alexandre Pato. Remember him ? So as deadline day unfolded, time was running out for Arsenal to do any business at all, which they didn't as the 6pm deadline came and the transfer window in England was closed.

So where does this leave Arsenal now ? As I said earlier it looks Arsene Wenger will have to do with what he has until January at least, I personally believe that Arsene Wenger has spoken to Olivier Giroud telling him that he has put his faith in him to get the goals to help Arsenal win the Premiership as he has shown a lot of faith in him throughout his Arsenal career. This season will no doubt be a big season for Giroud as he has had his critics, including Arsenal's all time record goalscorer Theirry Henry, Giroud will be hoping to prove them wrong as he hopes to be the man that fires Arsenal to the title

Furthermore, Arsenal not signing a striker leaves an even bigger burden on the shoulders of Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez. You feel that he is going to have to do even better than his 16 goals he got in the Premier League last season. No doubt that Alexis can do it and help lead Arsenal to the title but he will need help and this is where Mesut Ozil comes in. This is going to be a huge season for Mesut Ozil now as Arsenal are going to need him to be at his excellent best throughout the season as he will be the one that Wenger will surely be looking at to create even more chances for the Giroud, Sanchez, Walcott and even Welbeck, as we must not forget they do have them as options for that role up top.

Overall, Arsene Wenger is showing belief in his squad players that they can deliver the title, what he hopes for now is that they deliver and that the fans really get behind the team.