Ferdinand: Arteta should build Arsenal around Martinelli, Saka, Willock

Former Manchester United star, Rio Ferdinand has said Arsenal have quality young players to build around the team.

The likes of Gabriel Martinelli, Bukayo Saka, and Joe Willock have impressed this season.

And Ferdinand wants to see manager Mikel Arteta creating a squad around their talents for next season and beyond.

“Really you’re meant to be looking at centre-halves, they should’ve been looking there for the last 10 years and they haven’t got it right,” Ferdinand said on Instagram Live.

“Arsenal is a fantastic football club, what a club, a massive club. I think they’ve got to get it right in other areas of the pitch.

“Keep bringing in these [players], [Gabriel] Martinelli, [Bukayo] Saka, [Joe] Willock, all these boys.

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“I love seeing that but they’ve got to get stability and strength in there, some people who will do good for the club, because it hasn’t worked with the likes of Sokratis and Mustafi, I don’t think they haven’t been able to get it right, and Chambers before that.”