Wenger deciphered : Cazorla to sign and M'Vila talks in action

It amazes me how people still take every word that Arsene Wenger says completely seriously. We take the words 'Fabregas and Nasri will be playing for Arsenal next season' as a bluff in order to raise their price tags and yet when Arsene Wenger says that he is not interested in Yann M'Vila, everyone thinks that he is telling the truth. Let me give you the full quote.

When asked about our interest in Yann M'Vila, Arsene said:

"No, we wait on Diaby and Wilshere. When you look we have Alex Song, Aaron Ramsey, Francis Coquelin, Wilshere, Mikel Arteta and Diaby. In defensive midfielders and box-to-box players we are not short if they are all coming back."

Now, I may not be a negotiator or even a very good reader of people but if someone asked me what the quote implies I would tell them:

He is trying to get Rennes to cut their price. If they see that we don't really need M'Vila, we just want him as a unnecessary signing, they will have to lower their price to get rid of him. It doesn't mean that they will lower their asking price, but it means that we have a better negotiating position than before. When you look at the players Arsene named, only Song has proved his fitness. Arteta is known to be quite injury prone (although he was remarkably consistent last term), as is Ramsey, Wilshere and Diaby. Coquelin has hardly any top level experience, he has not proven himself. Don't think that Arsene doesn't already know all this, he does. I would say that the quotes actually prove our interest in M'Vila. 

Santi Cazorla is definitely going to sign for us, as when Wenger was asked about him he gave that famous wry grin and said 'I don't know this guy'. You sly dog Mr Wenger!

(He did the same thing when asked about Podolski, Giroud and Arteta.)

That's about it today. Its our first pre-season game in Asia tomorrow and I'm looking forward to seeing Diaby in action. I have a feeling that this is his season. 

'Till Tomorrow