How many of you anticipated this? Not me, that's for sure. Well its about time that I get to the question: How many of you anticipated that Arsenal were not going to buy anyone after the sale of Alex Song? Not me that's for sure. For some reason Arsene Wenger has completely changed his mindset. There was a time when I and other Arsenal fans could predict exactly what Wenger's next plan was but for some reason our predictions no longer hold. If there is one thing I know about Wenger, its that he is a very stubborn person who does not say things without actually meaning them. Take a look at this link here http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wenger-we-re-still-looking-for-signings
First of all its very rare for Arsene Wenger to reveal his transfer activity to the media and secondly Arsene is talking about new signings. Arsene Wenger and new signings; somehow those two are hard to imagine in one sentence (I pulled it off in this sentence). This one article got me and a bunch of Arsenal fans around the world excited over new arrivals. We fantasised over which big star would don the red and white.
Come August 31st 2012, Transfer Deadline Day. Come 1st September 2012 and no new signings. It was no secret that Arsenal needed players in certain positions and Wenger also recognised this in the link posted above. So why did Arsene go back on his original plan? Well the best answer I can think of is that Wenger felt with Wilshere coming back in a month , there would be no space for a new midfielder. But I am stunned not only because Wenger went back on his word but also that no one else at Arsenal saw how crucial it was to grab hold of a new player.
Arsenal were not title challengers last season, something that was supposed to change this year. Tell me this, if a team that did not win trophies the previous season wants to win trophies the next season, what do they do? They buy better players. What they do not do is sell their two best players from the previous season and make signings just to replace them. Well folks, the second 'solution' was the one Arsenal took this season. If it pays off ( and I sure hope it does) Wenger could easily be considered the best manager in the world and I will devote an entire post just towards that. Frankly the squad could be better but on the bright side maybe the gamble that Wenger has taken will pay off.
