So. A left-back. Well, it's better than nothing.

Rumours about Mohamed Diame and David Villa have long since evaporated, and all Arsenal have left transfer-wise is the completion of the Nacho Monreal deal.

A good player, but would he have arrived if Gibbs wasn't hurt yesterday? No.

Frustrating

Does Arsene Wenger really trust his side? Arsenal can do so well and then so poorly. It's bizarre. Signing strong personalities, strong players may have helped this. We've now got to hope they can pull off yet another miracle for fourth.

It's hideously irritating, but that's how it is.

It's hard not to think Wenger is being restricted. A boardroom afraid to take risks, who will only buy players that will easily join and are affordable.

What happened to Adrian Lopez, Luis Gustavo, even Diame? You can't think those were all red herrings. Someone, somewhere stopped those deals. It was probably too much to pay in January, or not worth the bother. Qualifying for the Champions League is quite important too. Extremely, in fact.

Another missed opportunity. Let's hope this isn't one Arsenal come to rue.

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