That is the verdict of former Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood, who thinks Emery is being dogged by the same issues that undermined predecessor Arsene Wenger. Another £57m followed on Aymeric Laporte in January as the Catalan led City to an unprecedented 100-point finish in the top flight. And according to Sherwood, Emery needs to follow suit with his defence - Arsenal having only kept two clean sheets in 13 Premier League games so far this season. “I don’t think they’ve got the personnel. Pep Guardiola completely reconstructed City's defence in the summer of 2017Unai Emery spent around £70million during his first summer transfer window at ArsenalArsene Wenger's Arsenal teams of the last few years were criticised for being below-par at the back

Source: Express December 01, 2018 06:00 UTC