Job nearly done, now onto the summer sales

10 minutes in and Theo Walcott sweeps into the box for the second time, only this time he gets clattered after he has dispatched the ball into the bottom left hand corner.

2-0 up, v 10 men, game over, we knocked it down a couple of gears and coasted to a comfortable victory on Wednesday night.

Off the pitch, it’s seems Arsene Wenger is getting in the queue for this years summer sales early, to avoid a post €’s price hike and the embarrassing panic buying that ensued last August. With Lukas Podolski apparently ‘in the bag’, two more big name signings look to be wending their merry way to The Emirates.

After stating his desire to play for The Arsenal, Belgian target Jan Vertonghen’s current boss Frank DeBoer has been quoted as saying:

‘Yes we’ve already discussed it. When there’s a club that he’s already interested in – and it’s really got to be a good club – then he will leave.

‘It’s 100 per cent sure. I think he’s ready to make a next step. For us, it’s a setback, of course, to miss that kind of quality player.’

All indications are that Jan should be plying his trade at The Emirates from August 2012.

Also firmly on Wenger’s radar seems to be American ‘soccer ball’ player Clint Dempsey. With head scout Steve Rowley regularly reporting back on the Fulham striker; apparently a £10 million fee is to be imminently tabled to tempt Dempsey to join Arsene’s revitalised squad.

Hopefully with three down and with space for possibly one more, the summer spending should be sorted.

The racing favourite for this final spot is Yann M’Villa. But looking at the squad, with Jack Wilshere and Abou Diaby (if he can stay fit) on their way back and Vertonghen’s ability to play in midfield, do we really need the Rennes enforcer?

That then just leaves us with a few bargain bucket sales of our own to arrange!!!

TheSundayMorningGooner, smiling at his desk.

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