Arsenal: Unai Emery reveals where team need to improve
Arsenal boss Unai Emery says he wants quicker adaptation from the new signings he made in the summer transfer window.
The Gunners surprised many by breaking their club-record transfer fee to sign winger Nicolas Pepe from French side Lille for £72million.
Arsenal also brought in Dani Ceballos, on loan from Real Madrid, left-back Kieran Tierney, David Luiz and young Brazilian striker Gabriel Martinelli.
Four of the signings have featured at some point during the first four games of the season, with Tierney still recovering from a double hernia operation he underwent in the summer.
First we need to improve the adaptation of the different players who have come here in the last moments
Arsenal boss Unai Emery
Emery’s side have won two, drawn one and lost one so far in the Premier League.
When asked where he thinks Arsenal can improve, the Spaniard said getting the new players bedded in is most important.
“First we need to improve the adaptation of the different players who have come here in the last moments,” Emery told the official Arsenal website.
However, Emery admits there is also improvement to be made in the balance between his attacking philosophy and the defensive side of the game.
Arsenal boss Unai Emery wants his new signings to adapt quicker (Image: GETTY/ARSENAL.COM)
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Unai Emery also wants Arsenal to get the balance right between attack and defence (Image: ARSENAL.COM)
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He added: “Also we need to improve in our way. For example, I think we can continue being very offensive with a lot of important offensive players.
“We also want to take the balance defensively to be strong and I think the first four matches allowed us to show our first characteristic - to be be offensive.
“Maybe we need to continue working to create a balance defensively in some moments and also tactically when making some decisions.