Arsenal legend Paul Merson brands Gunners ‘pathetic’ and claims they should have signed Danny Drinkwater to add some fight
Sky Sports pundit let rip on his former side after their terrible start to the season and even worse showing in the transfer window
PAUL MERSON has branded Arsenal's current crop as 'pathetic' and claims they should have signed Danny Drinkwater.
The Gunners have made an abysmal start to the season losing two of their three games – including a 4-0 hammering at the hands of Liverpool.
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And now Gunners legend Merson has let rip on Arsene Wenger's flops and believes new Chelsea signing Drinkwater could have added some fight to his team.
Merson said in his Daily Star column: "You get the sack when your players don’t look fussed. But not at Arsenal. It’s all too nice.
"Arsenal should have bid for Danny Drinkwater rather than let him go to Chelsea.
"At least he will fight for you. This lot just give up.
"In my day, the dressing room after a performance like that would have been a war zone.
"You would have had to call the police because there would have been fights everywhere.”
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Wenger has been called out over his lack of transfer activity while also allowing Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to leave without finding a replacement.
Alexis Sanchez was also due to leave but stayed after Monaco star Thomas Lemar rejected a move to the Emirates despite a £92million-bid.
And Merson believes the situation at the Emirates will only get worse.
Merson added: “Arsenal’s 4-0 thrashing by Liverpool was the worst I have EVER seen under Wenger.
"It was shambolic, horrendous.
“I think the players have lost all respect for him. But I think the fans are losing all respect as well.
“They are playing for Arsenal and they are turning it into a mockery. They are embarrassing the football club.
“It’s becoming one of football’s also-rans because they are a million miles from winning the league and that’s pathetic.
“I’m disgusted. It’s just an embarrassment from top to bottom. It frustrates me. And it will get worse too."
