Arsenal Transfers: 5 Blockbuster Signings To Compete In Champions League

by Joseph Dempsey

spend, spend spend!". The irony won't have been lost on those who held aloft this message as the Londoner's only signing of the summer to date, Yaya Sanogo, came off the bench for something of a cameo appearance in the dying embers of the tie. He is the club's only new acquisition after the likes of Luis Suarez, Karim Benzema, Gonzalo Higuain, Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fabregas, Luiz Gustavo, Stevan Jovetic and David Villa all slipped through Wenger's net. And with a bulk of new fixtures to take on which comes with qualification for the Champions League, Wenger is going to need to splash the cash between now and next Monday's transfer deadline day if he is to compete with Europe's elite. Because beating Fenerbahce is one thing, beating the likes of Real Madrid and Bayern Munich is a different prospect altogether. Here then are 5 Blockbuster Signings we had in mind who could help Wenger do just that.

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Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.