The boss knows

It feels so apt to refer to Arsene as "The Professor". Often we hear Arsenal fans say "the boss knows" - man, he sure does.

I remember having a discussion with Harsha (co - gunner) few months before the start of 2007 season. All we thought was Arsenal badly need a central midfielder - gilberto was too old, flamini was inexperienced and may be not good enough. I was trying to spot players who could potentially partner the magical Cesc in the center of the field. But Wenger had different thoughts. He decided to stay away from the transfer market. The 2007 season started, with no other options in the mid, Wenger went with flamini. And what did flamini do ? He gave no chance for gilberto to get back into the starting 11, He established himself as the best central defensive midfielder in the EPL, He became a part of the French national team, He moved to Milan for a lucartive 5.6 million euros a year deal.

Over the last few months I had similar discussions with Harsha. We dont have a central midfielder to support cesc - Diaby is always injured, Gilberto is gone to Olympicos or Panathanaikos or something like that, Ramsey is a kid and Denilson is inexperienced and may be not good enough. Once again Wenger's ideas were different. He decided to use the transfer market for young and costly teenagers. Those teenage transfers seem to be paying off (Vela, Walcott and many more to come). With hardly any options he decided to go for Denilson. 5 starts - 2 goals and 3 assists in the premier league. That is better than what flamini did in the entire season. The young brazilian seems ready to give cesc a run for money. I dont want to jinx it, but he is destined for some good times this season and eventually, may be a transfer to Real or Juventus or Barca or, who knows may be even Chelsea. I hope they make some good money selling Denilson, unlike Flamini.