So after a long week of Melo will sign and Melo won't it appears now conclusively that Juve have struck a deal and Arsenal can't financially and won't match it. So this leaves the door open for the question who will we attempt to sign now, after our main target has moved.. I shall discuss:

Blaise Matuidi

This transfers seems to be done on the evidence of things; he is apparently in England, according to Sky Sports news and his current club St Etienne have signed Fernande's from Man City (Central Defensive Midfielder) and appear to be looking for another defensive minded player, from Greece somewhere.

It has been reported in various newspapers today and web columns (especially on the Daily Mail) that Arsene Wenger will finally make his interest in Brazilian star Felipe Melo de Carvalho, currently of Fiorentina in the form of a bid.

Arsene Wenger has tracked the star for about 3 years now and lost out last season to Fiorentina who signed the Brazil international for £10 million euros from Almeria the Spanish side.

Good morning to everyone reading this post (or should I say good day if you are reading it after 12:00). There have been many rumours and gossip flying around today though a few appear to be substantial, which is quite good. I will digress:

Blaise Matuidi

Many of the morning's papers and various other media have been reporting that Blaise Matuidi is to sign for Arsenal for a fee ranging from £2.

The news coming out of Fiorentina today is that Arsenal have until Friday to finalise a deal if they wish to sign Felipe Melo from them. Juventus talks have collapsed after Marco Marchionni's refused to sign for Fiorentina on the deal they offered him. To add to this Fiorentina's supporters staged a protest that one of their best players was being sold to a bitter rival, consequently with this in mind Fiorentina want to sell to Arsenal and have set a Friday deadline date.

It has been anounced today that Thomas Vermaelen will fly in to England tommorow and complete a medical at Arsenal before signing his contract which is believed to be of four years. We have had no whimper of what his wages are but it is expected that has already been done and all that is needed is his mediacal done and dusted before pen is put to paper.

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is still desperately looking around for someone to cover for the injured Robin Van Persie, but he has already ruled out most of his top targets. Wenger said: "Let's not dream too much. To find players who are world-class, have not played in the Champions League and are available, I wish [.

Yesterday Arsenal-highlights.co.uk broke the news that Adebayor is a target for Mark Hughes men; Man City, even though he has already signed many forwards already this summer, with Carlos Tevez expected to join today.

Man City fly out on Thursday to South Africa to start their pre-season tour and it is thought Mark Hughes wants Adeabyor signed up and with them.

It has been long rumoured that Arsenal have been tracking the Brazilian wonderkid Zezinho, and it seems they have made two previous offers to his club, Juventude. But now Zezinho himself believes that his time in Brazil has finished and he is on his way to join Arsenal. The Brazil U17 star, who helped his country [.

There has been speculation that Arsenal may get around £20m compensation from the Dutch FA after the debacle with Robin Van Persie, and the Daily Mirror is suggesting that Arsene Wenger has decided to use the money to pay for a top class replacement for his number one striker. They say that Arsenal are considering a [.

Wellinton Silva

The Gunners have picked up Fluminense's 16-year-old midfielder, Wellington Silva. the teenager has been signed for around £3.5 million. The Brazil Under 17 player is expected to join the London club in 2011 when he turns 18. more to follow.

We had much discussion on Just Arsenal this week about whether Wenger should try and buy Carlton Cole for Arsenal in January, and according to today's Mirror, he has now made the West Ham striker his main target. With Robin Van Persie likely to miss most of the season with his ankle injury, Wenger has already [.

It has been reported that and Arsenal, and their London rivals Chelsea, both had scouts watching the Serbian star Milos Krasic when he played for CSKA Moscow in the 3-3 draw with Man Utd last month, and today his agent Dejan Joksimovic has admitted that he expects the 25 year-old to move to the Premiership [.

After Manchester City were beaten by Tottenham on Wednesday, the rumours are flying about again that Mark Hughes is not the right man to keep his star-studded dressing room in check. The fantastic win against League leaders Chelsea only served to emphasise the inconsistency at the club, as that is their only win in the [.

The January transfer window is approaching fast, and the papers are full of Arsenal transfer news. The news that Stan Kroenke is getting closer to a massive takeover bid at the Emirates has prompted many pundits to say that the American is keen for Wenger to buy a top-class striker in the New Year to continue [.

Today's Arsenal transfer rumour comes out of Italy, and probably generated by the loss of Robin Van Persie and Nicklas Bendtner to injury.

The Italian papers say that Arsene Wenger is considering an £18m bid for the prolific Sampdoria striker Giampaolo Pazzini, who has scored 8 goals in 13 appearances this season in Serie A.

The QPR youngster Raheem Sterling is considered one of the most promising young strikers in English football a the moment, and today's Sun says that he is close to agreeing to sign for Arsenal after talking to the Gunners youth supremo Liam Brady.

It seems that Liverpool and Man City have also made overtures to QPR, who could expect about £750,000 in compensation, but Arsenal are now favourites to sign him, especially as he won't have to move from his home in North London.

The Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh saw his team qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League, but still reiterated that he wanted to move to the Premiership next year, and if it would help Bordeaux to get a transfer fee then he would even move in January.

It seems that the reported interest from Juventus has not stopped him wishing to move to England, probably as he scored in a 2-0 win over the Italian team in the Champions League.

Today's Arsenal transfer rumour comes at a time when Arsene Wenger is yet again under attack for not spending any of the millions available to improve the team. The Gunners are being linked with Diego Perotti, an Argentinian winger that is currently playing at Sevilla. He only made his first team debut nine months ago, but is [.

The Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger announced yesterday that he will have to look into buying another striker in January after Robin Van Persie was ruled out for the rest of the season, so it was certain that the press would start throwing Arsenal transfer rumours at us all. Well the Sun has jumped in this morning [.

Today I am featuring a guest post from the excellent Arsenal Blog Gunners Today. Here it is: Forget Chamakh, doesn't Carlton Cole seem a better option? This is only suggested as an idea and I want to know what Gooners make of Carlton Cole. In my own match preview of the game vs the Hammers game, I [.

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has reportedly enquired about buying the unsettled striker Roman Pavlyuchenko. The Russian frontman, currently with Tottenham, has been in very short demand this year with Robbie Keane, Jermain Defoe and Peter Crouch to compete with. Reports around the Arsenal ground are that Andrei Arshavin, the inspirational Russian playmaker, has recommended [.

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has again emphasised his need for a striker as injuries have decimated his front line. With Van Persie, Nicolas Bendtner and Eduardo all out injured for Saturday's game against Stoke, he then lost Thomas Rosicky to a groin strain, as well as minor injuries to Gallas, Traore and Arshavin.

The agent of the out-of-favour Tottenham striker Roman Pavlyuchenko has confirmed that Arsenal are one of the clubs interested in signing his client, along with Roma, Spartak Moscow and Zenit St Petersburg. Arsene Wenger is desperately searching for a world-class striker that is available cheaply and can play in the Champions League, and he won't have [.

The Sunday papers never let us down with the Arsenal rumours and today the People wins the contest for the most unlikely scenario. They have the very strange story that Arsene Wenger is willing to get rid of the brilliant young up-and-coming striker Jay Simpson, PLUS £1m, to tempt QPR into letting the superkid Raheem Sterling [.

It is being reported this morning that Arsenal are keeping tabs on the Watford and England U21 keeper Scott Loach. The highly-rated 21 year-old has only been a regular in the Watford team for a year after spending two years out on loan at Stafford Rangers, Morecambe and Bradford City, but is regularly mooted as a [.

The Sunday papers are full of Arsenal transfer news this morning, and the surprise new entry to Wenger's most-wanted list is Marouane Chamakh again, despite Bordeaux saying he isn't for sale. The player himself has also said "I am leaving in the summer, and don't want my name bandied about in January", and even Arsene [.

An interesting story has emerged today, saying that the new ruthless management at Man City, are still working behind the scenes to try and persuade Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, as well as Jose Mourinho, to prepare to be the next manager at the Eastlands. There was a story last week that Wenger was their top target, [.

After Arsenal's win over Aston Villa yesterday, the papers are full of the scintillating peformance by Cesc Fabregas and his subsequent injury, but there are still enough Arsenal transfer rumours to warrant a post. In fact there is not much good news for Gunners fans, as two of Wengers supposed targets have indicated they would prefer [.

Further to my earlier post about todays Arsenal transfer rumours, Scott Loach and Eden Hazard are not the only two players to have ruled out a move to Arsenal today. Craig Bellamy was reportedly upset with the sacking of Mark Hughes at Man City, and after being left on the bench this weekend, it was thought [.

There is not much Arsenal transfer news about today, but the two names that have come up are worthy of an interest. The QPR youngster Raheem Sterling has been much-touted in the papers as the "new Wayne Rooney". Poor kid, I hope he's not that bad! But Arsenal are one of many clubs believed to be [...