Arsenal play Dinamo Zagreb tonight probably feeling fairly happy that for once, Arsenal won’t seem like the most dysfunctional club on the pitch. Anger and incredulity all-round was the order of the last few weeks as the Gunners tried and failed, it seemed, to sign almost every big-name striker in Europe. When deadline day came, Arsenal fans clung to some vague hope that their side would manage to pull off the signing that was promised the whole summer – Arsenal directors were intimating that Wenger had £200m to spend if he wanted it – but as the day wore on it became clear that no one new would arrive. Rumours of Arsene Wenger in Paris were floated around hopefully, but the...
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