In the last months, a lot has happened, Koscielny has signed and taken the #6 shirt. Fabregas won the World Cup with Spain and Robin van Persie almost did with the Netherlands. Eduardo has moved on to Shakhtar Donetsk for around £6 million. It's a shame, but I think that it's probably the best thing for both parties, he looked lacklustre last season, and wasn't holding down a regular 1st team berth. Good luck to him. Joe Cole has, annoyingly, signed for the Scousers; I was really hoping that we'd get him... Still you win some you lose some. Mark Schwarzer's move across London to the Emirates still hasn't materialised, despite him making some emphatic statements in the Aussie Daily Telegraph saying: "Who wouldn't be keen to go to Arsenal? At this stage in my career it's an amazing opportunity to play at that level and one I really want to take... It's taken a long time and the season's very close, on one hand you understand them not wanting to disrupt too many things but I want things resolved as quickly as possible." (click here to see the full article). To me this sounds like a man who wants out, he has also, reportedly, handed in a transfer request, I really hope we sign him. If we don't, I think I'd prefer Szczesny to take over, although I really don't think he's quite ready, next season yes; now, I'm not so sure. If he is, I would've thought that he'd be in a position to be our #1 for the next 15 to 20 years... It shows how young he is.
In my opinion we're still a man light in the centre of defence too. I'd like to see either Phillippe Mexes of Roma or Montpellier's Emir Spahic come in to fill that gap. Having said that, Nordveit has shown real promise over preseason, and might have a chance of breaking into the first XI at centre back; we'll see.
With the season about to start however, this is what I think the line up will be against Liverpool on Sunday:
Almunia
Sagna Vermaelen Koscielny Clichy
Nasri Song Wilshere
Walcott Chamakh Arshavin
Hopefully, come the end of the transfer window though it will look somewhat more like this:
Schwarzer
Sagna Vermaelen Spahic Clichy
Fabregas Song Arshavin
Nasri Chamakh Van Persie
