So it looks very likely that Arsene will sign a player in that position before the window closes. Apparently Bishcoff is an attack minded midfielder and in my eyes Diaby is also an attacking midfielder

Hello Gooners,

How are you doing today? I am feeling happy that I ended my goal drought last night for my Tuesday team. Oh and message to someone out there.. box to box genius?

Private joke, moving swiftly on.

It looks like Gilberto is on the verge of departing us to join Greek team Panathinaikos. He is set to sign a three year deal which is more than we would have offered him so good luck to him. I must admit I wasn’t his biggest fan when he first joined Arsenal but I watched him closely and appreciated all the intelligent work that he done for us. He is the ultimate professional, doesn’t complain when he is not in the starting eleven, doesn’t demand stupid wages, gives his all whenever he plays. I wish him more luck than Diarra, Hleb, Flamini and all the rest of the ship jumpers. Infact I hope they drown while Bert sails to safety on his boat playing his mandolin.

So what does the loss of Gilberto mean to Arsenal? It means that we are now short on numbers in the center of midfield, something that you would have laughed at last season. We have lost Diarra, Flamini and Gilberto who are all defensive midfielders. Song has been moved to center back and will not play in the holding position barring an emergency. So it looks very likely that Arsene will sign a player in that position before the window closes. Apparently Bishcoff is an attack minded midfielder and in my eyes Diaby is also an attacking midfielder, so Arsene will have his eyes set on bringing in at least one holding player. I still cannot envisage Arsene wanting to bring in the man with two first names for over £15 million. It goes against Arsene’s philosophy and I do not expect that to change.

As much as I think Arsene would like Arshavin at Arsenal I am not sure that he would pay anywhere near the asking price so I think it is a problem that may not be resolved. Half the £24 million asking price and we could have a deal.

So the merry go-round begins with Ronaldinho putting pen to paper with AC Milan. His cost was around £14 million which would have been crazy talk two seasons ago. Do you think Arshavin is worth twice as much as Ronaldinho? Yes he has eaten one too many burgers and he likes to pop down to the local discotheque but he is a super talent. I would of loved Arsene to have got him on the straight and narrow and got him back to his best.

Alex Hleb is apparently having his Barcelona medical today before being unveiled to the press. Hopefully this is the end of the whole saga. Once the deal goes through I would expect Arsene to sign players when Hleb officially departs.

So what is this Xabi Alonso link about? That phone call from Pat Rice to Martin O’Neil to ask about the Barry situation would make a lot of sense if this was the case. I don’t know what he is like defensively but he is a fantastic passer of the ball. At 26 would be an interesting partnership with Fabregas.

The next few weeks should start to see speculation turn into reality.

Have a good day. Drop your view in the comments.

Until tomorrow.

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