Speaking today Wenger has confirmed that Arsenal are still very much in the market for a couple more acquisitions before the end of the season if possible.
The Arsenal manager was speaking at Arsenal’s charity launch, Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital in North London, and he also dismissed rumours that Arsenal had been in contact with Fulham over defender Brede Hangeland, although did admit that the Gunners were interested in defensive reinforcements with the news that Senderos may leave the club soon.
“We had a look at him, but we have not contacted Fulham, have not contacted Hangeland and have not made our choice on him or anybody else. We can still make do with one or two players more. One could be in the defensive areas, and one in the attacking areas.
We make a few enquires for players, but we are nowhere near to signing anybody at the moment. Usually the transfer market speeds up from August 26 up to midnight on 31st – especially in the last two hours.
There is an interest from Everton [for Senderos], but he is still our player. He has an opportunity to go because he only has one year left on his contract, so we will see what happens next week.”
Wenger also revealed that he was not close to re-signing former club captain Patrick Vieira and that he believed Bordeaux were guilty of overpricing Moroccan forward Marouane Chamakh, no doubt in a bid to reduce their demands for their star striker. While this latest interview suggests at least that Wenger is looking for reinforcements there still seems to be some way to go before there will be any new arrivals at the Emirates.
