All's quiet on the Western front

Another weekend has passed and no activity as of yet on the Arsenal transfer front. Of course due to it being silly season it hasn't stopped the papers, journalists, online columnists and anyone with access to Twitter going wild. If you believe each of these sources everyone under the sun has been linked with Arsenal and on the verge of joining Arsenal and everyone has rejected a move to Arsenal.

Seems to make perfect sense to me, but while the team has been quiet on bringing in the new faces that have been desperately needed for the last 4 years there has been more of a ruthless streak to the club's dealings this summer. Gone appear to be the days where we would allow players to simply run down their contract and move to a club on a free or getting the cheapest available transfer fee. Take the example of Andre Santos and Denilson, two Brazilians who had time left on their contracts but the club decided with no possible buyers out there they have shown a mean streak of mutual terminating contracts and getting the players of the books. Bravo to the board, Wenger and all involved. While the same can't be said for the likes of Chamakh and Bendtner it marks a step in the right direction. The rumours of a transfer of Gervinho out of the club also looks to be on the horizon. Reports suggest Roma are potential suitors but the transfer fee banded around has been around the 8 million euro mark which would be a substantial hit on a talented but frustrating player.  If Arsenal play their cards right they could recoup their money back on the Ivorian however I fear we will need to accept the hit to move forward.

If deals for Bendtner, Chamkah and Gervinho could be reached it could potentially take our spending to -£12 million. No bad considering a warchest of 70 million has been touted. With 19 days till the new season kicks off and fans becoming irritated by constant spending by other rivals and other clubs around us it might be time for Arsenal to show their ruthless where it is really need. Off the pitch. Get the deals done before a ball is kicked at the Emirates and give the fans a huge lift before our opening game against Aston Villa and let us believe that this year will ACTUALLY be different.