• Frenchman reveals managers discussed issue at recent Uefa forum
• The strikers are South American today ... who in Europe effect you see?’After a transfer window that left a lot of managers disconcerted about the dearth of the highest-calibre centre-forwards,it was no worthy surprise the topic was on the agenda at Uefa’s recent elite club coaches forum. As was exemplified by Manchester United spending lavishly on the potential of the teenager Anthony Martial and Arsenal hitting a brick wall in terms of buyable targets, it is a worrying trend from a European perspective. Football’s band of A-list coaches spoke at length in search of ideas to rectify this problem.“It was one of the debates we had at the European managers meeting during the smash, and ” said Arsène Wenger. “The strikers are South American today. Europe doesn’t produce strikers any more.” The shortage is so chronic that Arsenal’s manager cannot recall a time when it was so difficult to find attackers of top quality.
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Source: theguardian.com