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Arsenal lost William Gallas, Sol Campbell, Mikael Silvestre and Phillipe Senderos this summer, thus decimating their defensive cover, but Arsene Wenger brought in Laurent Koscielny to partner Thomas Vermaelen, and it was hoped that Joham Djourou would be the number one back-up in case either of the main defenders got injured.

But Djourou limped out of a pre-season match, and yesterday Arsene Wenger admitted that the Swiss international is now back on the long-term injury list, which includes Nicklas Bendtner and Aaron Ramsey. .......Read the full article here

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is commentating for a French TV station at the World Cup, but he insists that negotiations are ongoing and there will be a defensive signing before the tournament ends.

With William Gallas looking for a better contract elsewhere, and Phillipe Senderos and Mikael Silvestre out-of-contract too, and Sol Campbell seemingly decided to move to Celtic next year, I imagine that Wenger will be looking for more than one defender!

But when he was asked how his transfer dealings were going, he replied: “We are not close to signing anyone at the moment. We are quiet. .......Read the full article here