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Arsenal hero Smith: Wenger must buy new striker

Arsenal hero Alan Smith says they need to buy a striker today.

Smith believes Arsenal fans will have to wave goodbye to their title hopes if Wenger can't get another forward over the line before Monday's 11pm deadline.

"I don't think he has enough up front," said the former Arsenal frontman on Sky Sports.

"Between now and January, when Giroud is reported to be fit again, he's got to depend on Yaya Sanogo and maybe Alexis Sanchez every now and then, plus Lukas Podolski. I don't think that will be enough to sustain a title challenge. And that's what everyone at Arsenal wants and all the supporters.

"He's changed his tact a little bit because he was suggesting before that he thought the club had enough with those players, but now he's said 'we're active'. You sympathise with him to a certain extent because how many strikers are out there that are of the right quality?

"But Arsenal, for a long time now, have been saying 'we've got the money, we can pay the transfer fees, we can pay the salaries and compete with anybody on salaries', so there's no excuse from a financial point of view.

"It's down to how badly you want him, how much you think he would be an advantage to your side."

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