Arsenal great David Seaman says manager Mikel Arteta needs to backed in the summer market.
Seaman has urged the club's board to back Arteta's vision by splashing the cash in the transfer market.
“It's a huge game for Arsenal. We need it far more than Chelsea because we need that European place," said Seaman.
“To end a season where we are eighth in the league and no European football is not a very good season at all for Arsenal's standards. We really need it.
“I am so desperate for us to win it. All that desperation comes through the fact that we have not had the best of seasons and we need that European qualification.
“Not just for the club, but also to attract other players as well. I am sure Arteta has got plans to bring players in.
“I just hope the board backs him on what he wants and who he wants, because in Mikel Arteta we have got a really good manager and you don't want to lose someone like that just because the board won't back him or give him money to spend.
“When he first joined I was a little bit disappointed because I thought they might have gone with Patrick Vieira because of his time at the club and also his experience, he's been a manager elsewhere.
“But when I saw his first interview I was like, 'Woah, this guy knows what he wants'. To do what he has done, I think he has done a great job and that is why the club and the board need to back him.
“They need to buy the players he wants. He knows what he is doing, he will know what he wants and hopefully he can get those."
