Ian Wright: Lucas Perez Looks Like A Winger, Not The Striker Arsenal Needed

By The Editor
on 11th September 2016

Ian Wright on Lucas Perez…

Former Arsenal man Ian Wright isn’t convinced by Lucas Perez and believes that he’s more of a natural wide-man and not the central striker the Gunners needed.

Wrighty, while analysing the game on Match of the Day, produced a few clips where Lucas drifted wide instead of staying central and looking to penetrate.

“Watching him today I’m thinking ‘is he a winger, a striker, where’s he going to play?'”, Wrighty said on MOTD.

“The fact that Arsenal need a striker, I just thought we’d see someone who’s more up front.”

In fairness to Lucas, it looked as if he was drifting wide to find space among Southampton’s congested rearguard and not give them an easy target to mark.

Wenger insists that he’s signed a central striker, and it’s time we just accepted that.