I must admit that I was surprised that Arsene Wenger did not sign another centre back for
Arsenal during the summer transfer window, especially with Per Mertesacker on the verge of hanging up his boots and doubts over the ability of Laurent Koscielny to play throughout a whole season without any fitness issues.
Arsene Wenger has been standing firm with his comments about Alexis Sanchez, insisting that Arsenal will not sell our star
striker during this summer transfer window, but maybe the Frenchman should not have used the example of the former Gunners striker Robin van Persie in his interview.
My concern is why, if Wenger wants the player and the player does not seem keen to sign an extension to the current deal with the Hammers that is due to run out in the summer, did the Gunners not try to sign the centre
back during the summer transfer window?
Yes I know that it might be a little bit petty and small minded for Arsenal fans to take some pleasure from the suffering of others, but Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain is a former player who showed our club no love or respect when forcing his transfer to our Premier League rivals
Liverpool during the summer transfer window, so that makes him fair game in my book.
Well Arsenal fans, it now turns out that Arsene Wenger's squad purge which saw quite a few of the Arsenal fringe players leave the
Emirates during the summer transfer window could have been even larger, but our England international midfield star Jack Wilshere turned down the chance to leave Arsenal on transfer deadline day despite being offered a hefty pay packet of around # 90,000 a week according to a report by The Mirror.
Not counting the teenage Nigerian sensation Kelechi Nwakali and the young Japanese international forward Takuma Asano, because they will almost certainly not be featuring for the Arsenal first team next season, Arsene Wenger has signed just two new players so
far during this summer transfer window.
It is not the much talked about transfer of the Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez to one of our Premier League rivals that we are talking about, or not this time at least although that could still be on the cards at some
point during the summer transfer window.
The Dutchman spent # 150m on new
recruits during the summer transfer window, including record signing Angel di Maria, whose near # 60m transfer fee comfortably eclipsed the previous club record of # 37.1 m held by Mata, who joined from Chelsea in January.
There were various Arsenal transfer rumours linking the club with a possible transfer capture of the Juventus and Chile international star Arturo Vidal
during this summer transfer window before he set off with the Gunners» and the PFA fans» player of the season Alexis Sanchez for the Copa America tournament.
It is understood that Burnley will fight hard to keep hold of the forward, but he may be unable to let them go the kind of offers that could come
in during the summer transfer window.
The Rossoneri have been the busiest of European clubs
during the summer transfer window after having recruited the likes of Mateo Musacchio, Franck Kessie, Ricardo Rodriguez, Andre Silva, Fabio Borini, Hakan Calhanoglu and Andrea Conti for a combined sum of over # 105m.
After Arsene Wenger failed to sign a single
forward during the summer transfer window — not even his trademark French teenage striker — Theo Walcott has been playing as a center forward for the Gunners this season.
All Arsenal fans get frustrated with Arsene
Wenger during summer transfer windows, as he always seems to appear inactive while other top clubs are signing top players left, right and centre.
We were all expecting Wenger to want to go out with a bang and go big in the transfer markets of late, in a bid to win one or both of the major trophies before he retired, but what with the old boy being stubborn and delusional in his ways, he has yet again proven that he is slow to react to the obvious and With reality hitting him in the face (hard) with a big wet fish, it now seems as though Wenger will be overhauling his
team during this summers transfer window.
This Brazilian forward that is now the subject of some last minute Arsenal transfer rumours has already been linked with a few of our Premier League
rivals during the summer transfer window, including our north London rivals Tottenham and Manchester United.