Ars鑞e Wenger could play Freddie Ljungberg or Robert Pires up front while he is short of strikers.
The duo normally operate in wide midfield positions but, with four forwards unavailable, the Arsenal manager may push them up front, just behind Thierry Henry.
"If I need to, I will," he told Arsenal.com. "I have done it before, even at home, and they have both played international football there."
Arsenal are lacking striking options at the moment. Earlier this week Dennis Bergkamp (calf) and Sylvain Wiltord (ankle) were given a "small chance" of making Saturday's FA Cup tie with Middlesbrough while Jeremie Aliadiere will need three or four weeks to recover from the knee injury he sustained on January 10. Kanu played his final game before going to African Nations Cup in Tuesday night's Carling Cup Semi-Final first leg.
It leaves Pires and Ljungberg as options, albeit only in the short-term.
"For me they are more midfielders than second strikers or the real striker," said Wenger. "But more and more teams play five in the middle of the park against us so it could be a solution for me.
"Thierry Henry does not stay central. He tends to drift out wide so he is not the ideal striker to play on his own up front."
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