Nine Jimmy Rimmers – Arsenal and Football

Now that the season is over I’m going to keep a running tally of transfer rumours, who’s supposed to be coming, who’s supposed to be going.  Just a bit of fun, be interesting to see how good the rumour-mill is!  I will try and keep it to reasonably good sources and not repeat stories recycled the next day.  This may prove difficult but here goes.

Day 1 – Monday 23rd May 2011

In – (mentions)

Ricardo Alvarez (1) on a free from Velez Sarsfield - Metro

Out - (mentions)

Niklas Bendtner (1) to Bayern Munich – Mirror

In – (mentions)

Ricardo Alvarez -  1

Out - (mentions)

Niklas Bendtner -  1

Arsenal – on the verge of being a great team, or parked on the verge with a wheel missing.  Both in a way, we have some great talent in the squad and things are not as bleak as the ‘everybody must go’ crew would have it, but until we fix the defence we will be stuck on the verge.

Yesterday’s game struggled to grab any attention.  Manchester City had third place locked up quickly and the big story of the day was the close delegation finale.  On the upside we came back from behind twice, on the downside we had to come back from behind twice.  Van Persie scored again, staking a claim for Arsenal player of the season, and so did Walcott.  But we misjudged an offside move and failed to track a cross, so another draw.

Rumours today of a bargain attacking midfielder, Ricardo Alvarez, already secured.  We may need such a player, depending on who leaves this summer, but the back four and another defensive midfielder is where the priorities lie and the team won’t get off the verge until we get this right.