The Arsenals are off to face Leicester City this coming Sunday and Arsenal's Boss Arsene Wenger believes that they would be more than OK without Olivier Giroud.
Giroud suffered a broken leg in last weekend's 2-2 draw at Everton which means that the Arsenal will be without their best striker until January next year. With the transfer deadline approaching on Monday, Wenger has refused to rule out making a late effort to bring in a new face. He strongly believes that he has more than enough of a team to cover Giroud's absence.
Wenger said "The squad we have, we have enough to be successful. Why not? (Yaya) Sanogo, Sanchez, (Theo) Walcott, (Lukas) Podolski, Giroud. (Joel) Campbell. Of course we can be successful. We buy when we have to strengthen the squad. We spend when we have to. It is harder to buy top, top players because everyone is in the market and we all know each other."
But Wenger is not closing his doors to other option not until the deadline has passed saying "On deadline day I will be actively involved and on alert until the last minute."
Arsenal remains unbeaten at the start of the season, although they were forced to recover from falling two behind at Goodison Park and needed a last-minute winner to beat Crystal Palace.
But Wenger is not letting his guard down though Leicester may appear to be less formidable opponents than Roberto Martinez's Everton.
He said "they were impressive in their first two games. They are a team with a very good defence, good on the counter attack with two quick players on the flank. It's a big challenge for us on Sunday."
Aside from missing Gourd, Arsenal will again be without Mikel Arteta and Kieran Gibbs, but influential Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey will return after missing the Besiktas game because of suspension.
While Leicester's Esteban Cambiasso is eager eager to play with the team being a new signee saying "It's important to play in the Premier League."
He added "In the past I had great possibilities because I played in Italy, Spain and Argentina. But for my career and my future I need to play in the Premier League. This is a great possibility. I'm very happy because it's the beginning of some more history."