Liverpool’s Luis Suarez has all but ended any speculation concerning his future by reportedly apologising to his teammates about his summer conduct, and resuming first team training.

Suarez gave chasers Arsenal a glimmer of hope of signing him when he denied reports detailing how he could sign a new Liverpool contract, meaning he would still be available.

This supposedly sparked the Gunners into action, tabling a £49million offer, however today’s circumstances definitely support evidence for Suarez staying put.

Brazilian international midfielder Luis Gustavo has chosen to stay in Germany, joining Wolfsburg from Bayern Munich for a fee thought to be around €20million.

The player had publicly revealed his love of the Premier League and singled out Arsenal as a club with “great tradition”, at the height of the Gunners interest.

Yet just like many others, Gustavo has chosen to pack up and set up camp elsewhere.

Once again, the Arsenal faithful and Twitter were vocal on the transfer:

Mikel Arteta is facing up to 6 weeks out of action after sustaining a thigh injury. The irony of Arsenal losing a key player today who wasn’t even out on international duty is a demoralizing thought. This leaves Arsenal with just 2 recognised centre midfielders potentially until October.

The usual way that clubs conduct transfer business is to buy players in areas where they are short, yet this seems to constantly go amiss for Arsene Wenger. Going into the start of a new season with 3 midfield players (not even including the laughable fact that we still have Diaby on our books) is ludicrous.

The midweek international break – which for some reason took place just 3 before the big 2013/14 Premier League kick off – has presented a selection headache for Arsene Wenger.

Bacary Sagna was seen limping after providing his international services for France on Wednesday night, and is supposedly a doubt for this weekend’s opener against Aston Villa.

Aaron Ramsey also pulled out of Wales’ squad which drew 0-0 with the Republic of Ireland, after a string of solid performances in pre-season.

A £49million bid for Liverpool’s Luis Suarez is being prepared in an attempt to finally snatch the Liverpool player and end the saga which has gone on for over a month.

Twist…

Suarez had been adamant to leave Anfield, with the Uruguayan dominating the back pages with talk of a big money move away from the Reds. However a lack of competitive Premier League interest and only a laughable £25million valuation from Real Madrid left Arsenal as the sole team looking to gain his services.