Arsenal must hold on to Reyes and Cole

With the transfer deadline looming, Arsenal FC have only bought one player - Tomas Rosisky. The Czech international joined for an undisclosed fee, thought to be in the region of around £7 Million. This is a notable capture for Wenger; the 25 year old was a star performer at the World Cup... scoring a memorable goal against the USA (YESS!!) in one of the opening games.
Despite this high class snag, Arsenal have lost no fewer than 3 first team squad members this season. Sol Campbell, Robert Pires, and Dennis Bergkamp have either called it a day (the non flying Dutchman) or moved on to pastures new. Add this to the significant loss of Patrick Veiria last year... along with the other notable departures in recent seasons... the likes of Ray Parlour, Edu, Wiltord, Keown... Arsenal have lost the majority of that great side which dominated the early 2000's era with 2 Premier League triumphs... and 3 FA cups. The word "EXODUS" (yes note the capitol letters) springs to mind as if it were a Sheppard exercising a massive cull on a herd of diseased Sheep whose wool was no longer good enough for processing...

Fancy analogies aside, I'll get right to the point. Arsenal need a stronger squad in order to compete with the likes of Chelsea, Liverpool, and least of all... Manchester Ung a good example. Add that to the departure of Sol Campbell, the injuries to Senderos, Lauren, and Clichy... only the World Poker champion himself would wage with such odds of offloading such a prized commodity like Cole to one of your biggest rivals... As for the young Spaniard, Reyes, it is true he has not quite found his feet at Arsenal, but he is merely 22 years old. Thierry Henry is 28 and the Arsenal Boss is speaking about him as being Arsenal's future... if that is the case, Reyes must be a figment of Arsenal's imagination - he has the potential to be as good as Henry, international experience, can play in multiple positions, is 2 footed, and he has many more playing years on his side compared to Henry. To sell Reyes would be 4 steps backwards... and we cannot afford that right now, that really would be "going back in time".

Your move, Monsieur Wenger.