Well, Arsene Wenger hinted that he would be ‘busy’ this summer, sorting the team out with new signings, and just four days after the end of the season, already we’ve signed two players!Jon Toral and Héctor Bellerin have both rejected new deals from Barcelona, no less, and are all set to join the Gunners, according to Sky Sports.
With former Barca youth team escapee Cesc Fabregas likely to return to the Nou Camp this summer, who better to replace him than another two players who will also inevitably head back to Catalonia in the next eight years or so?
Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola is said to be delighted with the move, expressing his gratitude for the great work the Gunners have done with Fabregas during his eight-year loan spell.
Looking to blend youth with experience, Wenger’s remaining transfer targets are strongly rumoured to be Owen Hargreaves and Jonathan Woodgate. And if you think that’s because they’d only cost the combined total of about £1 to sign and because no one else wants them, you’d be wrong – the manager is keen to dispel the myth that he doesn’t sign enough English players.
The pair will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of Arsenal legend Mikael Silvestre, who also joined the club in an attempt to prove people wrong at a time when some thought his career may be over.
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