Arsenal legend Thierry Henry says Arsene Wenger needs to buy a defensive midfielder.
Veteran Gunner Mathieu Flamini is occupying the deep lying role for the back-to-back FA Cup winners and has excelled in his brief spell back in the first-team.
"It's a good job Mathieu Flamini didn't leave last summer, as looked likely. They would have a real problem in central midfield now without him," Henry wrote in his column in The Sun.
"I would expect Arsene Wenger to buy a specialist in that position in January.
"Their injured stars will all come back into contention eventually.
"But Arsenal can't rely on them — they have to plan for the rest of the season without Cazorla, Coquelin, Wilshere and Welbeck."
