Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, when asked about rumors linking his club with Hamburg defender, Vincent Kompany, is being quoted as saying:

I know him to be very, very good but I have decided that defenders are no longer necessarily needed for next season.

Current temperature of the blood of anyone who witnessed the Gunners’ porous defense last season: COLD.

One can only hope that this is simply clever subterfuge by Le Boss. In Wenger we trust.