By Bilal Zaidi
This is quite possibly the most ANOYING two days possible for an Arsenal fan…two days to go before the dreaded transfer window closes and so far we have only signed Rosicky all summer…then to ADD TO THE annoyance you have stupid blogs on the internet falsely reporting that we are about to sign the whole world…saw a headline the other day saying “we will have Gallas, Mascherano, Tevez, Cole, Reyes”. Are you having a laugh or are you just realllly realllly stupid…
So im not going to be like those idiots and lie…here is the truth…The truth of the matter is that we all hope that Wenger has something up his sleeve, that he whips out a world class player ready for us all to love…someone proven yet has fantastic potential to be even better….but I am finding it increasingly hard to accept that anything is going to happen at all. Another youngster was here for a two day trial from Scotland and that is perhaps the only deal that could go through for about £500,000. Some may not want a signing but my own personal opinion is that our squad is thin at the moment and we need experience, especially a the back and in defensive areas like Gilberto’s role.
Cole has been told to concentrate on Arsenal and if in two days time he is still here then I will write a special piece just for him because we love him so much and I just cant wait for him to be here all season…. Hmmm…
The truth is that out of those players mentioned, the one that would really be a good signing would be Mascherano…just for the simple fact that our defensive midfield options are literally limited to Gilberto, Flamini and Diaby. Gilberto is a sound player who does a great job for the team…but on his own he isn’t enough, with Vieira he bought the best out of him and vice versa. Flamini did wonderfully last season at left back, but could that be because we didn’t expect him to?…Our expectations were low so when he performed to a decent standard we all got extraordinarily hyped. I haven’t seen Flamini show that same level of performance as a defensive midfielder once…not even one game where I thought he added something to the team or controlled the midfield. The only thing I could see when you watch him over 90 minutes is that he seems to never get tired…which is fantastic, but not enough on its own. Throw in one of those long distance runners from the Olympics into an Arsenal midfield and that wouldn’t be enough…BUT I still have great hope that slowly he can develop into a decent squad player, but I don’t think he will ever reach the heights of a Fabregas or to a certain extent to a level I believe Diaby could potentially reach.
Diaby is unfortunate to injure himself already for a long time…he will be out for most of the season but you can see from his stature, his build and athleticism that he could add some steal into midfield. Alex Song is another but he has yet to impress me in any shape or form, I think I speak for most Arsenal supporters on that note, but the apparent fee of £2.5 million for him seems to show us that Wenger has great faith in him, lets hope what he watches in training is more accurate than what we have seen on the pitch. So Mascharano would be a lovely acquisition…is it likely? Perhaps not?….but his agent has been in London for the past few days and that might suggest a move to England is eminent.
As for Tevez…I would say firstly…what a player he is, a beast of a player with pace, power and finishing ability with dribbling skills of a basketball player. Do we need another striker? Henry, Van P, Ade, Walcott…if he came then I would expect one of those to leave in the window, unless Walcott is seen as a winger which I hope not. If we did manage to sign Tevez it would mean it would stop the other three from developing, but I doubt VERY VERY MUCH that there is any truth in this rumour at all…
Gallas would only come if Cole goes….and with Reyes I have absolutely no clue what the hell is going on just like everyone else. Im not one to make up rumours and over exaggerate them so the whole universe can come and read my articles, but if there is any concrete evidence of an imminent signing I will confirm it for sure on here so check back for the very latest news as it happens in the next two days especially. Have a nice day and enjoy the cricket 
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