Arsenal’s five most exciting central midfield targets, with African battler & Spanish anchorman

2) Adam Lallana – Southampton

Liverpool are the favourites to sign Adam Lallana, who has been selected in Roy Hodgson’s England World Cup squad, but Arsenal have also registered an interest. Lallana can play from the left, but his future would be as a central midfielder. He’s arguably too similar to Ramsey and Wilshere though, with a true anchoring midfielder the real necessity.