Silly season (aka transfer period) in it's fullness. I wouldn't believe anything to do with any transfer from club Y to Z unless it appeared on official websites. Anything else is agents looking for money and journalists itching to get a story out.

“We are in a waiting period, everybody is waiting that the other [club] moves,” Wenger

“It is a transfer period. Everybody has their cards in [their] hands, hoping for the big transfer. There is nothing moving yet. The period will me more active at the end of July when we will need to really strengthen the team."

As @Tuvok has said don't waste your time reading too much of what comes out of the English media on transfers.....

@ Maichblack....I don't think it takes a genius to get my point. Henry was sold to Barca one year after signing a new deal at Arsenal. I'll repeat again Wenger can still let Nasri leave at the end of the season (whether he signs or not) at a reasonable price (assume he signs) at the end of the season if he gets a good replacement for Cesc. I've intentionally added a few more lines in brackets to make it a bit easier for you.

Now brace yourself for a convoluted explanation from one Alfred Mutua, ah, sorry, @TAZ. The selling club just became a 'sold' club.

Wenger has to start paying his star players 'grownup salaries' and winning an odd trophy here and there or be stuck with babies for ever. And even his judgement is highly questionable. Letting underpaid players run down their contracts to the final year is such a rookie mistake. Arsenal are set to receive only £7m for Gael Clichy from the Man City billionaires who normally pay obscene amounts for players and all this in an overheated market where even untested 19 year olds are being quoted at £40m. Genius my [left] foot!!!

That could have complicated the discussion too much for @TAZ. Have you read posts #77 to #80?

One fact which is overlooked by many is that because of their performance on the pitch, no good player is interested in signing for aseno.

When mr bean says he will sign at the end of July, what he is saying in effect is that he will go for "Mathuro".

But again there are some aseno fans who are excited by small names like "gervinho". Talk of "Ambition" and "ambition".

Arsenal have sold Gael Clichy to Man City, he'll get 90K per week. It's interesting how people only talk good of Arsenal players once they leave the club...can't wait to hear what they'll say when Bendtner, Eboue and Denilson leave. I have never really been a Clichy fan despite the fact that he's been at Arsenal for almost 8 years now.....7m pounds is a good deal.Since he came to Arsenal in 2003, he's only scored 2 goals and had 10 assists....he's never really been a replacement for Ashley Cole. since we last won a trophy in 2006 how many players have actually ever succeded after leaving Arsenal...Hleb, Adebayor, Toure, Reyes, Gilberto, Flamini ABK

We will most definitely lose Cesc and probably Nasri but what most of you don't realise is that it has been 6 years since we last won a trophy with these players in the team. The only problem i'll have with Wenger is if he doesn't replace the players who've gone...that has always been a major issue.

@ Mwenza....Most (if not all) foreign based players have Arsenal as their desired destination in the EPL (hata Ronaldo) but we end up losing these players because of high bids placed by our rivals. Fortunately that will change with the introduction of he UEFA Financial fair play.

@ Maichblack....Signing a player for 20m pounds doesn't make him World Class. Like i said in a previous post English players are overrated, over-hyped and over priced for nothing.....case in mind Hagreaves, Carrick and soon to be***. Ronaldo and Vidic hardly cost more than 10m each.

Sometimes I look at the way Tevez has been behaving at Shitty and get the satisfaction that Fergie made the right decisions!!!

Who will pay the 50M shitty is asking for and also pay him his astronomical wages when you know that the bugger will ask for anaa transfer after 2 years!!!!

If that was the case then the arses would at least have been winning at least one kikombe since the departure of the so called invincibles, you keep contradicting yourself Mr. Mutua, 6 trophyless seasons and you come here to claim that you have always replaced good players with better ones, ABK!!!!

Diversionary tactics once again, I just punched holes into your assertion that when you sell your good players you always buy better ones cheaply!!!!