Arsene did say that ideally Vermaelen would play because of his awesome left footedness so it will be mostly a choice of which center back will partner him. This is not to mention Johan Djourou who was almost our most important player last season before he picked up his shoulder injury at Old Trafford in the FA Cup. As much as you may or may not rate Squillaci, it is hard to argue having him as fifth
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It winds me right up that after two and a half months, Arsenal still haven't achieved anything in improving their weaknesses and there's an obvious solution staring them in the face at Blackburn. I'm not saying that Samba will be a guarenteed success and that Arsenal will be invincible if they sign him but, in my opinion, he would improve Arsenal. And now Tottenham have supposedly made a bid for him. If they are to over-take us in the near future it will be because of things like this. Wenger sitting with his thumb up his arse while Arsenal's rivals buy players and, as a result, get better than them
Now that our stadium debts have lowered and cash seems to be more available than in recent years we could see Arsene doing what he does best, picking out great talent. When Arsene spends on players, he doesn't often make many mistakes and the prospect of Arsene finding another Overmars, Petit, Pires, Henry, Sagna, Nasri, Vermaelen etc is quite exciting