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Paul Merson thinks Arsenal have to buy 'experienced' players in the next window if they wish to compete in the future.

The Gunners finished fifth in the Premier League in the 21/22 campaign as they narrowly missed out on Champions League football to north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur. Although finishing fifth with such a young squad is a decent achievement, Mikel Arteta would've been disappointed by the Gunners' end to the season, as they lost crucial games to Spurs and Newcastle in the run-in for top four.

Edu and co will look to add talent to the roster in the coming months, as they aim to solve Arteta's squad depth problem once and for all. However, Merson thinks that the players they bring in need to have experience at the top level to add something extra to an otherwise inexperienced side.

"The next few players Arsenal buy need to be experienced professionals in my opinion, ideally 28 or 29 years old. They need experience in the team. They have a lorryload of promising youngsters but they froze when it came to the crunch. They've got to get some experience in the team," he wrote in his Daily Star column.

"Gabriel Jesus would be a good fit. He's only 25 but he ticks the boxes because he scores goals, Arteta knows him, and he has experience of winning trophies with Manchester City. It's alright