Rosicky’s not injured & Vermaelen to wear no.5 30 July, 2009

There are reports that Tomas Rosicky has suffered an injury spreading but after watching last night’s post-match interview I can tell you he’s going to be fine. It’s true he might have picked up a niggle at Barnet – that’s normal after a long period out but Wenger said that both he and Gael Clichy are set to play in this weekend’s Emirates Cup.

It was a bit worrying not seeing Tomas in any of the matches out in Austria but he was only kept back as a precaution. His return to full fitness is going to be a bit stop start but we just have to accept that – you can expect him to come straight back and play every minute of every game.

It’d be nice to see him get a run out this weekend but if it’s taking any risk then I’d rather he watched from the sidelines and concentrated on being fit for Everton.

Also in that interview Arsene was asked about Kolo Toure’s departure and whether the money will be used to bring anyone in. He said we’re not close on anything at the moment but we are looking at what’s available and, “We do not make money to put it in the bank.”

I think that statement could be directed at some of the people criticizing our transfer policy. We’ve still got another month to make signings and typically the last few weeks are the busiest. I am adamant we need new additions but I’m not going to start any Wenger-Out campaigns just yet…

Articles like this sound as if the chequebook is closed but I’m not going to get worked up this early. Yes the squad is thin right now – but the season hasn’t started yet. There are plenty of clubs out there in a much worse position than us.

I believe Wenger when he says we have a good team, I know we do. It’s the squad that worries me a bit. A couple of injuries in the same area and that’s when we need to be worried. We’ll talk about this a bit later down the line though.

And finally today, it has been confirmed on the Online Shop that Thomas Vermaelen will wear the no.5 shirt. If you follow this link and click the drop down menu of shirt printing options you’ll see he’s listed in there as no.5. The Official Store is always first with the squad numbers so I’m pretty sure they’re right, I’m expecting an official confirmation pretty soon.

It’s no real surprise really, we were just waiting for either Kolo’s or Senderos’ departure until the Belgian got his number. My home kit is blank at the moment but I was thinking of getting it printed this season, I’m going to see how Thomas does but he could be a contender for the honour of my shirt. Or maybe Arshavin? We’ll see…

Anyways, that’s you updated. Thanks for reading, speak soon.