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Second-guessing Arsene Wenger's transfer behaviour is more difficult than predicting the correct lottery numbers, in the correct order.

With Olivier Giroud potentially out for the next three months, surely (SURELY) Arsene Wenger is aware that he cannot rely on Sanogo and Campbell.

And after Arsenal's dire first-half display against Everton with Sanchez playing the centre-forward role, surely he knows that Sanchez is more useful playing in the position he actually enjoys playing in?

Surely?

Here's who we think Wenger might be considering this morning...



Andre-Pierre Gignac - Wenger probability rating: 46%

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A number of factors could make this an attractive prospect for Wenger... which sadly means it almost definitely won't happen.

I'm actually going to bullet point it because it's easier that way.

Only has one year left on his Marseille contract

Powerful centre-forward who could deal with Premier League physicality

Can also play on the wing, fulfilling Wenger's dream of having 12 wingers

Has Champions League experience

Has scored three goals in three games so far during this Ligue 1 season

French

His name is fun to say

Good hair

(RB)



Samuel Eto'o - Wenger probability rating: 32%

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The Cameroon striker, 89, is keen on a move back to the Premier League having offered his services to both Liverpool clubs, and pretty much anyone else who will listen.

Another former Chelsea striker, but this time one who is without a club, and desperate to prove himself back in England.

Eto'o would love to prove Jose Mourinho wrong, who criticised him for being too old while at Stamford Bridge last season, and that would make Wenger smile too. A cheeky short term deal could make everyone a winner?

(JD)



Alexander Lacazette - Wenger probability rating: 8%

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Lacazette had always been flirting on the fringes of brilliance, and then last season somebody flicked a switch and he became one of the best young prospects in French football.

The Lyon striker has a good passing game, and would be able to hold up play and feed players like Ramsey, Ozil and Sanchez into the box.

And with two goals in three games so far this season, he looks to be continuing the form that made him unlucky not win a place on the French squad for the World Cup this summer.

His pace would be a welcome remedy to Giroud's occasional sluggishness, but with two years left on his contract, he would likely cost a fair whack.

Some Arsenal fans want to see a permanent replacement for Giroud, or at least a player who can give him stiff competition, but in Lacazette, Wenger would be buying a player who is a couple of steps down from Giroud in the French national pecking order.

(RB)



Loic Remy - Wenger probability rating: 40%

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Wenger was keen on Remy last season; the Frenchman was spotted at the Emirates earlier this summer ahead of a move to Arsenal.

The Frenchman scored a lot of goals for Newcastle last season (Remy, not Wenger) on loan from Newcastle but is back at QPR and keen for a move to a bigger club.

He nearly joined Liverpool but a failed medical put paid to that. Wenger is clearly keen and might be able to convince QPR to another loan deal while Giroud recovers.

(JD)



Radamel Falcao - Wenger probability rating: 22%

After struggling with injury for most of this year, Falcao has arrived back in blistering form for Monaco.

Leonardo Jardim's side have made a disappointing start to the season, but he can take solace in Falcao's return, and in the fact that Berbatov is still knocking in goal(s) too.

You can't help but feel that without Falcao, Monaco will struggle this season, and that probably pushes the Colombian's price even higher than it might already have been.

But Wenger has cash to play with, and signing Falcao would probably be a bigger statement of intent than Sanchez or Ozil. But it would also give him no excuses if Arsenal don't win any silverware this season.

(RB)



Joel Campbell - Wenger probability rating: 99.9%

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Nicknamed 'Goal Campbell' by no-one, the Costa Rican has found first team opportunities hard to come by at the Emirates. Some pre-season strikes in the Emirates Cup will have peaked Wenger's interest but not enough to give him an actual chance in a league game that actually matters.

With Giroud out Wenger could be tempted to see if Campbell can step up to the plate, but he seems to prefer Yaya Sanogo for some reason. That level of snubbery would be enough to convince lesser men to leave the club, less quit football all together.

(JD)



Fabio Borini - Wenger probability rating: 34%

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Sorry, Fabs. But you are quite literally never going to play for Liverpool unless about fourteen other players get injured.

Sunderland want you, but they can't afford you, so you're pretty much destined for a season on the bench, or even worse, a season in the stands, being filmed from afar by TV cameras while commentators speculate over the nature of the joke you just told to Kolo Toure.

Give Arsene a call, he'll be reluctant at first, but send him a link to your highlight reel on Youtube, tell him you don't even mind going to the Emirates on loan until January.

(RB)



Fernando Torres - Wenger probability rating: 9%

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Fernando Torres is a striker. That is a fact. And Wenger needs a striker. But he also needs a striker who scores goals, something strikers are literally meant to do.

Torres used to score goals and if Wenger managed to get his hands on a time machine and jumped back to 2008 he might be keen to bring the Spaniard to the Emirates.

As it is he almost certainly will not turn to the Chelsea man, especially after Mourinho's lack of desire to send Demba Ba on loan from the Blues last season. Maybe he just hates West London?

Click here for more Torres-based fun, btw.

(JD)

Danny Welbeck - Wenger probability rating - 50%

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He's been told he can leave Manchester United, and it would appear that Hull City can't afford him (or that, maybe, he doesn't want to play for Hull City).

The Manchester United and England striker could take his whopping nine goals per season to the Emirates, and maybe flip the bird in the general direction of Old Trafford while doing so.

On a serious note - for Welbeck, this would be an incredible move. From a club who look unlikely to regain their place in the top four this season, to a club who look very unlikely to lose theirs.

(RB)



BONUS... Yaya Sanogo - Wenger probability rating: infinity%

Let's face it... he's going to rely on Sanogo.