Players who have muscled their way into their clubs are the likes of Ryo Miyaichi, Francis Coquelin, Benik Afobe and Kyle Bartley to name a few. The likes of Afobe are still too young and will almost certainly go back on loan, perhaps at a higher level. Coquelin could return to Arsenal, perhaps dependant on the future of Emmanuel Eboue as the Frenchman has performed well in both right or central defensive

Much has been made of the need to improve the squad via the transfer market, various names have been linked with Arsenal from the press and whether or not those names are correct, it is highly unlikely that Wenger will not bring in new talent from outside the club but new faces will not only come in externally, the Arsenal set up has been designed so that we can always have internal solutions. Not only that but Arsenal is now regarded as one of the clubs that give youth a chance to play at the highest level.

This strategy was introduced to the club in order to get the best youngsters from around the world to consider Arsenal ahead of most other clubs. This is also why our younger players are paid higher than most other youngsters in the country and possibly Europe. A sort of Chelsea of the under 16s if you like without the obvious lack of class.

You would like to think that if a 15 year old Zinedine Zidane was around today and was thinking of his future then Arsenal and Arsene Wenger would be quite high on his list of options.

Jack Wilshere and Wojciech Szczesny’s rise to stardom this season proves that the youth system is far from a failure, in fact it is a roaring success. Many people who write it off are actually missing the point.

The idea of ‘project youth’ is to run an organic revenue stream into the club, developing and improving teenagers and then moving on the ones that are not good enough for the club in the long term, for a healthy profit. The youngsters with the best talent and attitude can hopefully get a chance in the first team like Jack and Wojciech.

Arsene’s idea was never to produce a whole squad full of developed players to win trophies, it was always supposed to be a mixture of external and internal players. Hence the signatures of Sagna, Nasri, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Arshavin, Chamakh et al.

Arsene will be making decisions over which of his youngsters can make the step up for next season as well as which players he needs to bring in from outside the club.

Currently we have a vast amount of players out on loan at other clubs and I suspect that as well as the need for experience elsewhere, I would imagine that it is also a chance to see which players sink or swim.

Many people are hoping for Henri Lansbury to be given his chance in the Arsenal squad and I for one admire his fight and work rate, a trait that has been missing at times this season but I would question why an Arsenal youngster is not the first name on the team sheet at a Championship club, regardless of the fact that said club were pushing for promotion.

If Jack Wilshere did not manage to start all or most of his games at Bolton then I doubt that he would be an established Arsenal regular today. This isn’t to say that Lansbury does not have the potential to be good enough to play for Arsenal but I wonder if he is ready for at least one more step above Norwich City.

The same must apply to Carlos Vela, a player who I feel has most of the attributes needed to play for Arsenal. Pace, finishing and ability but clearly something is missing if he is warming the bench for West Brom.

Players who have muscled their way into their clubs are the likes of Ryo Miyaichi, Francis Coquelin, Benik Afobe and Kyle Bartley to name a few. The likes of Afobe are still too young and will almost certainly go back on loan, perhaps at a higher level. Coquelin could return to Arsenal, perhaps dependant on the future of Emmanuel Eboue as the Frenchman has performed well in both right or central defensive midfield positions at Lorient.

Kyle Bartley has performed very well at Rangers but his lack of chances at Arsenal so far would almost indicate that Wenger may feel that Bartley would not fit his system. That is just a guess and perhaps his experience will push him further up the ladder at Arsenal for a place in the Carling Cup squad next season.

Possibly the most outstanding loanee performer this season has been the new boy Ryo Miyaichi, hitting the ground running for Dutch club Feyenoord. Miyaichi has lit up the Eredivisie with a mixture of pace, dribbling and no fear. He will return for the pre season while Arsenal try and gain a ‘special talent’ work permit.

Personally I hope he does manage to transform his form of last season into his next and hopefully that will be at Arsenal.

While it would be foolish to expect Miyaichi to be an integral part of our first team, it would be nice to have a player of his pace and direct running as an impact player when full backs tire and pitches are stretched.

Emmanuel Frimpong almost made his way into the first team set up last season after a string of impressive pre season displays. His tough tackling, strength and commitment impressed the Arsenal support almost instantly but his injury just before the season started put an end to his season. He is back and has played reserve games so perhaps a loan move  beckons.

I expect plenty of the current youngsters to be sold on to make space for other talented players. Tom Cruise and Mark Randall have already been released and I expect more to join. Spaces will become available  so it will be down to individuals to impress during pre season just as Wilshere did last June/July.