Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud insists the Gunners do have a good enough squad to win the Premier League and has rejected suggestions that they need to strengthen in three areas in January.
Arsene Wenger's side currently top the table by two points from Leicester City but Alan Shearer has claimed they are three players short of having a squad capable of capturing the title.
The Match of the Day pundit feels Arsenal need a holding midfielder, a centre-half and a striker but Giroud says he cannot see where his team are lacking.
"Tell me where! Just tell me where! I will explain the opposite judgement," he is quoted as saying by the Daily Mirror.
"We have very good players as well on the bench, young players waiting to come in. They are very talented. I am not worried about it.
"Danny Welbeck will come back in a month and a half. Theo Walcott can play up front, Joel is Campbell doing well with his national team up front. If I am less good or get injured, we still have a solution."
Giroud won the Ligue 1 title with Montpellier in 2012 before moving to Arsenal and says he can use his experience to help the Gunners' title charge.
"To be champions in a season – and I know that because I was a champion with Montpellier – you need talent, of course, but you need a bit of luck and sometimes you cannot play a fantastic game," he added.
"We have experienced players like [Mathieu] Flamini, Per [Mertesacker], Petr [Cech] and even Lolo [Laurent Koscielny]. We have a good relationship between young players and experienced players. The older players need to bring confidence to the youngest and lead them.
"That is what I try to do sometimes. I always encourage them and show them, maybe, in a nice way, the best solution.
"All together, we are going to do it. We have a very good squad. We can play every competition and we will focus 100 per cent."
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