Marouane Chamakh, Nicklas Bendtner and Johan Djourou are others who Arsenal would surely hope to lose from their wage bill this summer but they all still have at least one year remaining on their contracts. Wenger has previously used the word “socialist” to describe the club’s wage structure and it has been problematic in recent years both for Arsenal to match the salaries demanded by star players but also to find willing buyers for people who are no longer in their first-team plans. It is understood that Arshavin, Squillaci and Denilson were respectively on £85,000, £60,000 and £45,000 a week.