Gunners’ superstar midfielder Mesut Ozil has praised midfield colleague Tomas Rosicky, hailing the Czech international captain as one of the best midfielders in the League.

Ozil received the highest of accolades this week when he was named in UEFA’s official Team of the Year, for his performances with Real Madrid and Arsenal since his move in the summer.

However the German did not dwell on his award winning place, instead praising Rosicky after the 33-year-old’s sparking form of late. Tomas has appeared in 4 of the Gunners’ last 6 games, starting against Chelsea, Newcastle and Tottenham and coming from the bench in Monday’s win over Villa.

Arsenal’s chief commercial officer Tom Fox said on Wednesday that Arsenal couldn’t compete against Manchester City’s finances.

Fox said: “You can’t compete against that.”

“We’re a football club in London and we are a global brand, but we would never try to compete against the financial resources of a country.

“I just don’t think that’s a very realistic thing for us to do… trying to chase those types of owners. Obviously it’s just not possible.”

We are halfway through the January transfer window but no additions have been made to Arsène Wenger squad just yet.

However, plenty of rumours have come to the surface again today with us supposedly making a bid for a young defender.

Jamaal Lascelles…

The young defender in question is Jamaal Lascelles of Nottingham Forest. According to the Daily Mail we have put in an initial £3 million offer for the 20-year-old.

Per Mertesacker had added to the growing speculation surrounding Julian Draxler by welcoming him to Arsenal, should he join the club.

The big German was talking to SPOX.com about the Schalke man and joked about Arsenal’s mini German academy at north London.

He added that he would be happy to see Draxler move to the Emirates and add to the already fun atmosphere.

Arsenal youngster Daniel Crowley has unfortunately suffered another injury, this time to his ankle after appearing for the Gunners under-21’s on Wednesday night against Middlesbrough.

The 16-year-old has been described by several figures in the game as one of the brightest prospects to come through English academies in recent years and has been named ‘the next Jack Wilshere’.

The Arsenal midfielder and England international Wilshere is well aware of the youngster and tweeted him this evening asking about the injury.

He also tweeted last month: “Everybody follow @Danielcrowley24 trust me when I say this kid is a player! Big future….”

His recent performance in the FA Youth Cup against Peterborough has had people talking about the youngster in glowing terms. Arsenal ran out 6-1 winners and Crowley set up four goals and scored two.