Obviously this is not the Arsenal transfer list. Presented here is a list of players linked to Arsenal by the British media over the past week, not a month or year just last week between Tuesday 23rd June and Monday 29th June. It’s just to show how far off the mainstream media is in their journalism.

Nothing to report? we'll just make it up then.

Before jumping to the list have a guess at how many players there are.

Melo is just an older Denilson, I don’t see how much more he could improve the squad. A rights issue will simply dilute present shareholders share value and leave Usmanov smiling all the way to outright ownership of the club.

It does not make good reading for Arsenal fans, but it is not dissimilar to how we all feel. Are we not angry about the lack of trophies, isn’t the atmosphere around fans morose and despondent, is it surprising that a bus full of Spaniards will have a better atmosphere than one filled with an international mix?

Given the difficulty Eboue endured last season is it not reasonable that he would rather leave that to go through the same strife again?

—Rosicky claims he was fit enough to have played some games at the end of last season.
—Usmanov in ploy to ingratiate himself with Arsenal fans.

Arsene and Arsenal have done pretty well in the transfer market, while it is becoming more and more difficult to unearth gems we have shown recently that it is still possible.

Wenger should concentrate on getting in those players we need to strengthen the squad as soon as possible and stop worrying about Theo. I really don’t want us to be waiting until the final day of the transfer window to sign anyone.

We must be careful not to over hype these boys as there hardly a correlation between success at this level and success at a senior level. Nevertheless although we have had plaudits at the youth level never has the team been so dominant and it can only bode well for the future. If the 6+5 rule does come into fruition then at least we have a modicum of choice in our youth ranks, only 4 foreigners was in Arsenal’s squad last night and 3 in the first leg.