Will there be a flurry of transfer activity on deadline day at Arsenal?
Philippe Senderos has left it late to find a new club and the rumours are that either Portsmouth
or Hull City will make a move for the Swiss international. This is a mighty drop after playing
for AC Milan and Arsenal, but with no other takers and Senderos being sixth choice after Gallas,
Vermaelen, Djourou, Silvestre and Song, it is best if the Swiss stopper moves to a team that will
give him regular football.
I feel disappointed and somewhat annoyed of how Arsene Wenger seems it liable to sell two main
players this transfer window and bring in one (Thomas Vermaelen) as a like for like replacement. If
Arsenal want to challenge for all trophies this season we needed a better squad, and without a
doubt needed another CB.
The transfer window has barely shut and we have an agonising ten weeks until the open sign is
displayed, but this has not stopped the speculation starting once again.
It is no secret that Wenger tried to sign Marouane Chamakh this summer, the two clubs could not
agree on a fee. Arsenal offered a fee in the region of £5million, whilst Bordeaux wanted double
that price for a player who is out of contract next summer and stated his intentions on wishing to
join Arsenal.
Having seen the latest group of Academy graduates win last night against West Brom in the
Carling Cup, Arsene Wenger is being linked with yet another of Europe's young "whizz-kids", this
time it is Belgium's Eden Hazard who is currently playing with Lille,
Arsenal have been monitoring the player for some time and there were reports that the club were
going to make a move for him in the summer.
The window has shut and once again Arsenal fans are left scratching their heads. Where has our
team re-building gone, were we really that close to success last season that we did not need to add
to our squad?
Arsene said, after the purchase of Vermaelen that he would like two more players in before
pre-season training starts.
