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Eto’o seems to have been around forever, but in fact he is only 27 years old, so age does not count against him, although his experience would undoubtedly be a plus. If he has had his time in Spain, surely Henry would have only had good things to say about Arsenal.

Wenger does have money to spend, although he’s being canny about what he might do with it. An untouched £25 million from January, the money made on the sale of Lassana Diarra to Portsmouth and by logic, maybe £10 million more since the beginning fo the year. So, around £40 million to play with for signings and their first year of wages. Aaron Ramsey cost £5 million and Samir Nasri will reputedly be just over double that, although Arsenal will undoubtedly attempt to arrange these deals with payments made in instalments, the way Manchester United currently do. If Adebayor is sold and Hleb is exchanged for Eto’o, there is still money in the pot for a quality and much needed stopper.

So, let’s see how this one pans out. Could be a wind up, of course. Always remember – football is bullsh*t central. Still, we don’t often get gossip of this quality, so we thought we’d bring it to your attention. Do with it what you will.