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Well apparently the news of the day is that in an interview, Arsene Wenger has finally admitted to his suspicious seeing problems when it comes to game-changing incidents on the pitch. We all knew that Wenger lied about not seeing incidents to get out of some tough questions, and to be honest, I’d do the same. There’s no reason he should provoke Jeff Shreeves’ probing questions in the tunnel about potential bookable offenses and penalty decisions. Sir Alex, after all, doesn’t talk to the BBC full stop, so why is this such a big deal? Well, mainly because Wenger is the most quiet, professional man in football, and any slip-up or admittance of guilt is so rare. But this is essentially a non-story. The only thing that will be interesting to see, is if he continues ‘not seeing things’ this season. If so, how will the interviewer handle it?

But I must admit, when I saw the Times headline ‘Wenger admits selective Myopia’, I thought to myself, “He’s done it! He’s admitted we need defenders!” And I was of course disappointed only to read about these meaningless on-field altercations. As I sunk back down to realizing that Mikael Silvestre will be our third choice center-back until Djourou returns from injury next month, an all too familiar feeling hit me. He’s actually not going to sign any defenders is he?