Danny Drinkwater completed a deadline day move to Chelsea (Picture: Getty)

Former Arsenal star Paul Merson believes Arsene Wenger should have attempted to sign Danny Drinkwater from Leicester City.

The Gunners were linked with a number of midfielders over the course of the summer but defender Sead Kolasinac and striker Alexandre Lacazette were the only players through the doors at the Emirates before the transfer window slammed shut.

Chelsea completed a £35million deal for Drinkwater after weeks of speculation, with the Englishman agreeing to a five-year contract at Stamford Bridge, and Merson claims Arsenal should have battled their London rivals for his signature.

In his column for The Daily StarMerson wrote: ‘Arsenal should have bid for Danny Drinkwater rather than let him go to Chelsea. At least he will fight for you. This lot just give up.

Paul Merson believes Arsenal should have made an offer for Danny Drinkwater (Picture: Getty)

‘In my day, the dressing room after a performance like that would have been a war zone. You would have had to call the police because there would have been fights everywhere.

‘This bunch don’t have any fight in them from what I can see. The third goal, when they cleared a corner and Hector Bellerin gets robbed in the opposition half and Liverpool score.

‘That shouldn’t happen in Sunday league football. It was pathetic.’

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