Friday 5 October 2012 15:47, UK
Arsene Wenger thinks Gervinho is capable of following in the footsteps of Thierry Henry and Robin van Persie in a central striking role at Arsenal.
Gervinho struggled in his first season at Arsenal and, having arrived from Lille in a £10.5million deal in the summer of 2011, he scored just four goals in the Premier League. But he has recently admitted he has addressed his style of play to life in England by making sure he is physically ready for the challenge. "The thinking was to use his quality of movement and his pace, but of course you have to overcome a little bit of an obstacle that he doesn't correspond well to the traditional image you have of a central striker," said Wenger. "He is not massive, is not a guy who will go for high balls, but he can only try and I must say, he has improved his finishing and it is working very well at the moment."
