Van Dijk to Arsenal, Giroud transfer decision & Sanchez concerns - Arsenal quotes of the day 10 AUG 2017

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Van Dijk to Arsenal, Giroud transfer decision & Sanchez concerns - Arsenal quotes of the day

We take a look at what's been said about Arsenal in the past 24 hours

Jamie Redknapp on Van Dijk and why he’d fit at Arsenal

"I still think they need to strengthen defensively.

“There’s been talk about Virgil van Dijk; Liverpool and Chelsea seem to have got ahead in that race but I think he’d be a great signing.

"If you were to put Laurent Koscielny and Van Dijk at the back, that would be a good-looking side.

“They’ve got Koscielny, Shkodran Mustafi, and Per Mertesacker has come back into the equation, but I think Van Dijk is the best defender in the Premier League and it’d be an amazing signing.”

Marseille boss Rudi Garcia on Olivier Giroud.

“I do not think he wants to come to Marseille, Olivier Giroud. That’s the problem,’ Garcia told L’Equipe.

“It is understandable - as he is a striker with the French national team who is making progress with Arsenal - that when he does change clubs, his interests might lie beyond OM.”

Jamie Redknapp on Arsenal’s hopes for the season.

“I don’t think they’ve done enough yet. Thierry Henry has told me for a long while that he likes Alexandre Lacazette and I’m looking forward to seeing him.

"I’ve watched him in the French league and he’s an out-and-out goalscorer.

“The interesting one is can they keep Alexis Sanchez? It’s not so much who they’ve brought in, it’s a matter of keeping him and Mesut Ozil - that’s the statement. 

“Sanchez is a great player and Arsenal need to keep him - not only that, the Premier League needs to keep him.

"I don’t want to see him leave; I want to see him in an Arsenal shirt next season. You’d like to see him link up with Lacazette.

“If you think he’s going to leave in the next window, you’re probably better off doing the business now and reinvesting that money.

"The problem is that they are running out of time and if he forces the move through and then you end up with nobody else, it’s not going to be ideal for Arsenal. 

 “The pressure will come on them very early if things don’t go well and there’ll be the doubts about whether they should have kept Arsene Wenger on, and they don’t want that.”

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