That's approaching 2 decades of fighting like fuck to gain an advantage and, just when the killer blow can be struck, choking hard. Recurring theme. Every since Paddy left the midfield. It has always been the position we most desperately needed to fill but never did. We never had the money to afford the luxury of building a team around Cesc. Catastrophic and vain mistake by Wenger which he's since acknowledged, sort of.
From the bits I have seen this season it remains the last repair job. Even sticking Jorginho in there, a little bit of experience and guile, gives something. Not a long term solution. That still has to be found. And you push it over the top by getting that 30 goal striker. Would probably need 250 mill over 5 years. But I'm guessing we already wasted more than that in the last few years. So why not?