I'm sure you will all have seen the quotes from Arsene Wenger saying he is 'too busy' to sign anyone. Now, I can understand that the Champions League needs to take priority, so this begs the question; Why is it Arsene's responsibility to negotiate and complete transfers?

Earlier this summer, the club announced that it would not be looking to appoint a director of football. This meant that the role would once again be shared between Arsene and acting-CEO Ken Friar. This could prove to be a huge mistake. I can understand Arsene wanting a hand in the transfer dealings, but he is the manager - he should be managing. There should be someone else out there handling transfers. I would imagine that Ken Friar has been doing a fair amount of this, but that Arsene says he personally is too busy would suggest that he doesn't have an insignificant role in all this. Either that, or it is an incredibly poor attempt at excusing our transfer activity. Or lack thereof.

Arsene isn't '[ruling] out anybody completely at the moment', and wouldn't be drawn on speculation about Gokhan Inler. He said;

It is not necessarily the Swiss boy, though. I cannot tell you more about him than anybody else.

The same article in The Telegraph links us again with Ruben de la Red, whom, I'll be honest, I've seen very little of.

Worryingly enough, we'e already been hit by an injury; to Abou Diaby. Arsene reckons 'it is his thigh', and that he'll be out 'for about a month'. With Alex Song at the Olympics, this leaves us with Denilson to partner Cesc. Now we have no way of knowing whether this partnership will work or not. In the same article, Arsene says; 

You cannot say after just one match, you need a run of games to see if it [the partnership] will work, but I am confident it will.

That last bit it encouraging, but I would still feel more comfortable with a new signing. I don't know who, but Denilson and Diaby do not fill me with confidence. This isn't because I doubt their talent, but because I doubt their individual abilities to stay fit for long periods. Diaby is already injured. Denilson disappeared off the face of the earth at one point last season, so who knows how he will handle consistently playing.

I suppose FC Twente in midweek will be a decent test for the pair. I am confident, but I don't think they'll be push-overs. They're here because they deserve to be, just as we are. The game is Setanta Sports, so I'll be able to see it. I'm looking forward to it, to be honest. 

Anyway, that's it.