Wenger backs strikers to fire

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Arsene Wenger knows his side must improve in front of goal and is backing his current crop of strikers to deliver.

The Gunners were the lowest scorers in last season’s top four as they finished a distant second to surprise Premier League champions Leicester.

Their total of 65 goals means it was also their most barren season in front of goal in nine years, with only Olivier Giroud and Alexis Sanchez scoring more than five times in the league.

Wenger failed in his efforts to prise Jamie Vardy away from Leicester during the summer, and despite speculation linking Arsenal with a move for Lyon’s Alexandre Lacazette, 21-year-old Japan international Takuma Asano is so far the only new forward arrival at the Emirates …

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