And apparently we're close to Ryan Babel, too. A long time transfer target of Arsenal, it would seem. Well, I trust Wenger and Benitez's judgment.

Not sure if all the transfers we're making (you should see the absolute ARMY of youth players Rafa has signed. I think he's signed something like 7 or 8 in this summer alone, and he signed 4 or 5 back in January. It's insane!) is going to be helpful. Leto, Leiva, Voronin and Torres are the first teamers, and with Benayoun and Babel to follow, and apparently a left back, we'll be filled to the rafters with newcomers once again. United only made one first team transfer last season, Carrick, (two if you count that Polish keeper from West Brom whose name I can't spell...Kuzscak?) and look at how well they did, whereas we made a fair few and didn't gel as a team until October/November. Having thought about this sort of thing in more depth, perhaps it does not look so bad for Arsenal after all. I don't know.