Who to sell:
Andre Santos – It’s a shame, Brazilians are always welcome in the Premier League, but it’s hard to know just exactly what Santos brought to the side that they didn’t already have. He spent the first half of the year back him him homeland, and if a buyer can be found he’ll most likely be moved on again, just to get his wages off the bill if nothing else. He has an impressive CV, though, and that could come in handy when touting new employers elsewhere.
Gervinho – A player who was much hyped when he signed on from French champions Lille in 2011 and Arsenal seemed lucky to have beaten off some stiff competition for his signature. However, for an attacker he has just 11 goals in 63 appearances for Wenger’s men and that just isn’t good enough, especially when there are teams who would quite happily pay a fee over £5 million to take him off their hands. Can show flashes of brilliance, but can also be comically bad and he may well find himself on the move over the coming weeks.
Marouane Chamakh – Wenger has a funny trend of buying striker from whoever has just won the Ligue 1 title. First it was Chamakh, who arrived from Bordeaux, then Gervinho followed from Lille and last summer Olivier Giroud signed on from Montpellier. Sadly, it’s only the latter who appears as though he could be a success in North London. Chamakh just never really got going, he never looked like an out-and-out goalscorer (low and behold; he wasn’t!) and it wasn’t long before he dropped down the pecking order. Recent reports have suggested that he could be on his way back to Bordeaux, but so far nothing has materialised. A short loan spell with West Ham at the tail end of last season proved fruitless, seeing him make just three appearances and he may well look back at his time in England as somewhat of a disappointment.
Nicklas Bendtner – Where to start? What was once a very promising career has now seemingly hit the skids thanks to his gigantic ego.He had never been prolific, to date his career tally stands at 66 goals in 242 games, but he was always a valuable player to have in the side. Two failed loan spells with Sunderland and Juventus hasn’t yielded any significant interest as his outrageous wage demands have priced him out of moves to the likes of Eintracht Frankfurt and Hull City. Clearly, he still believes he is better than those teams, but his unwillingness to take one step back to take two forward will eventually bite him back. If Arsenal are lucky enough to find someone willing to pay him what he wants then they would do well to take the money and run, leaving him behind like a faded memory.