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Arsenal fans like myself should be worried for the coming season. The team seems to have weakened with the transfers of Hleb, Flamini and Gilberto. Their repacements however, are not your usual household names, but that is what manager Arsene Wenger loves to work with but do we have time? I was expecting a solid shopping for a couple of experienced players to go with our excellent crop of youngsters but that’s not what we got.The good thing is that Wenger is such a good manager, he will have me boasting about these players before long. The question is, are we good enough to compete with Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool?

Here is a table of who we got and who we lost.

Gunners For Life!

Transfers In

Date Player Name Previous Club Position Fee
June 2008 Samir Nasri Marseille Attacking Midfielder £12m
June 2008 Aaron Ramsey Cardiff Attacking Midfielder £5m
June 2008 Francis Coquelin Laval Defensive Midfielder £250k compensation
June 2008 Carlos Vela Osasuna Forward Loan Return
June 2008 Fran Merida Real Sociedad Midfielder Loan Return
June 2008 Ignasi Miquel U.D Cornella Left Back £1m

Transfers Out

Date Player Name New Club Position Fee
May 2008 Mathieu Flamini AC Milan Midifelder Contract Expiry
July 2008 Jens Lehmann Stuttgart Goalkeeper Contract Expiry
July 2008 Alex Hleb Barcelona Midifelder £12.5m
July 2008 Gilberto Pathaniakos Midfielder £1.2m





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