Ramé' s signing appears to be a priority in AW' s mind. He however won' t join us (if ever) before next season. As for Cygan, many notorious (?) English clubs (West Ham...) are tracking him too but he could leave his current club if Lilles' coach lets him go, not for less than £5million.

Other AW' s targets are Bordeaux' s defensive midfielder Legwinski and our future CL opponents Lyon' s offensive midfielder Steed Malbranque. Interessing point is both of them play on the right-hand side of midfield. And talking of Lyons, it' s also be said that they wish to lure one certain World Champion and former Gunner a.k.a. Manu Petit.

According to various reports, and now that the 'Continental' transfer winter market is now on, the rumour is that Bob Pires could join SS Lazio : For instance, Yahoo France quoting the well-known Italian newspaper 'Corriere dello Sport' says that both clubs are prepared to agree a deal. To put it in a nutshell, Bob will join them soon on loan till the end of the season (don' t worry, they' ll pay 50% of his wages during this period) and the Italian club has an option to sign him in June.