Former Gunners boss George Graham has warned current Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger that the club need a whole new spine if they are to have a chance to win the Premier League.

This comes Arsenal’s lacklustre season which sees them in fifth position, a whole thirteen points behind the Premier League leader Chelsea.

After being out for three months the German was itching to be back on the pitch, "I worked hard for this moment. As I watched the matches on TV I started to get nervous, because I really wanted to play again.”

The match against Stoke provided a perfect opportunity to give Mesut his first competitive minutes since his injury. The Arsenal was up three nil’ and was dominating the game, Stoke wasn’t doing much to cause us threat.

Sky Sports today have published the latest set of figures regarding club’s wage bills. Although, it is applied to Chelsea in most parts it also lets viewers know what Arsenal’s wage bill is.

It may come to no surprise that Manchester United’s wage bill is the highest which currently stands at £214.8 million which is followed by Manchester City at £205 million. Chelsea are then ranked third with a wage bill of£190.5 million.

Arsenal have sent in their big guns, Dick Law, to get a deal agreed for Polish wonder kid Krystian Bielik from Legia Warsaw.

According to The Times one of Arsenal chief negotiators has been sent out to finalise a deal.

As reported before, the Gunners have been heavily linked to the young midfielder, with two apparent failed bids. Wenger obviously sees a lot of potential in this player and is making him his top priority for the window.

Reports from The Telegraph are claiming that the Gunners are ready to sign Portuguese midfielder William Carvalho from under Manchester United’s nose.

According to this paper, Arsenal are hoping to finalise a deal for the Sporting Lisbon star within the next couple of weeks to help bolster the midfield.

Wenger is an admirer of Carvalho and was the club were heavily linked with this holding midfielder during the summer, with an apparent failed Deadline Day bid for him.