Arsenal board pledges transfer funds this summer – How they’ll spend it including Karim Benzema and a Chelsea target

Karim Benzema, Real Madrid

Likely cost: £30m.

Source: Guardian.

Other than probably right-back, the next main area that is in need of drastic improvement at the Emirates Stadium is in attack.

Wenger has admitted that Olivier Giroud has had to take too much of the burden for scoring goals this term and as solid as the Frenchman is, a step up is needed.

That is exactly what Benzema would provide, with the 26-year-old inexplicably entering the final year of his current contract at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu and therefore being available for a cheaper fee.