Gundogan has been great with Dortmund, but I'd suggest people wait and see if he keeps it up or not. Don't believe the hype and all that.
Furthermore, there's no way to guarantee he would flourish in the Premier League.
I'd be more than happy to have Flamini back to rotate with Ramsey and Arteta, and as an option of an even more defensive minded midfielder. Unless Wenger can produce a super defensive and physical midfielder out of his top hat, that is.
We do need one more striker, a keeper and a centre-half.
I think, after all that talk from Gazidis 3 months ago, the least they could do now is go in for Rooney. I don't see it happening, but when quizzed whether Arsenal could sign Wayne he said "Of course!". That and pay 200k a week wages and "even more". There was a whole lot of talking but no action so far.
So now Rooney reportedly wants to leave, they might as well go in for him. That's the least they should do now.
Plus Mourinho's been playing his mind games with Moyes and pissing him off, so if anything Moyes could end up selling Rooney to Arsenal instead of Chelsea. And let's face it, we aren't as strong as Chelsea, so that could be a possibility.
But this is obviously all conjecture and I don't see anything like that at all. We hear dissonant sounds at Arsenal - the Chief Executive says we're loaded with cash and are willing to splash; while the manager doesn't spend it and come up with excuses (there aren't special players available, we need what's better than what we have, blah blah)... Well, what about Rooney? He's there. We already bid 40m pounds this summer on Suarez. Why not pursue players of a similar calibre (and price tag)?
It almost looks as though he bid for Suarez only to appease fans and show intent. Now all that is behind and we're back to boring bids of 10m for the likes of Cabaye
