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It feels like you could write the same about Arsenal every summer.

This is the most important transfer window of Arsene Wenger's reign. Just like last year and the year before. And it is again. But this one is different.

Why? Because it's out there. Arsenal's

to say the club had

because of their commercial deals.

My reading of that very public statement was that the board wanted it made clear that Arsenal had money to spend, they were backing Wenger and leaving it up to Wenger to spend it.

No more excuses, Arsene. No more misguided pieces saying Arsenal are skint. They're not, they haven't been and they certainly aren't now. They can compete with the big boys.

Going public was a clever move bearing in mind Wenger's reluctance in the past to spend big. So don't blame anyone but Wenger if the deals don't come off. It's his choice.

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And, quite frankly, the blame game has begun. Arsenal fans are getting twitchy. Target No1 was Gonzalo Higuain. Arsenal had a deal in place, personal terms agreed and then Real Madrid moved the goalposts. The price went up

Target No2

. Target No3

with Gareth Bale to become

It's all about the clause. Let's not be naive here. Suarez wants out. His representatives have made that clear by revealing the clause to interested clubs to get him out of Liverpool.

. Suarez's camp claim the clause gets him out of there. Liverpool insist it doesn't. My information is that Suarez hasn't given up on that yet.

But either way, that saga will run and run.

when Manchester United came in. Can Liverpool keep an unhappy player?

And make no mistake, he is unhappy. That very precise Arsenal bid tells you all you need to know. That's a come and get me plea if ever I saw one.

But will the deal happen? I wish I could say. My suspicion is that the odds are against Arsenal. Ironically, Liverpool probably saw the stick Arsenal got for selling van Persie to United and decided they can't sell to another English club.

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The story, however, isn't over yet. Expect it to go well into August. If the clause is not what it's all cracked up to be then expect Arsenal to go slightly higher.

Sooner rather than later (otherwise you run out of time) then a Plan B must be looked at. Because there would be uproar if Arsenal, having declared there's money to spend, don't spend it.

One bad result next season would leave some frustrated fans calling for Wenger's head, calling for the board to go and calling for a new manager. Arsenal really are on a knife edge here.

Furthermore, Arsenal need more than a striker. They've been looking at a keeper (Julio Cesar, Asmir Begovic), centre half (Ashley Williams), midfielder (Marouane Fellaini) and the only thing they've come up with is Yaya Sanogo, a

It's far from ideal. The fans are frustrated, the players are wondering and the questions are getting tougher.

From what I hear, there are

because of the price, would he fit into Arsenal's system and does he prefer Manchester United? Personally, I think he'd be great.

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They need to get busy before the window shuts. After all, there is not just money to spend on transfer fees, but wages too.

, Nicklas Bendtner is hoping to go to Malaga and, on top of that, Sebastien Squillaci has left, Andrey Arshavin has gone and big earners are off the wage bill with up to £300,000-a-week being saved.

Funnily enough, the mood in the dressing room is great. There's a feel good factor. But I think that may drain away if deals aren't delivered to turn Arsenal into contenders. They are not far away. But they need two, maybe three big players.

Having been on tour with Arsenal, I've seen at close hand the tension at board level. Gazidis knows this window is crucial. But you can't knock a guy who has offered big money for Higuain and now £40,000,001 for Suarez.

Is there tension between Wenger and Gazidis? Not that I saw in Asia. They seem to get on well. Do they have slightly different views? Probably. But then I don't always agree with my boss. I like him though.

Gazidis has laid it on the line: the money is there. Wenger seems reluctant to spend it. That's where Arsenal's split personality comes in.

It promises to be an interesting transfer window. But if Arsenal end up with no-one of note then expect a riot by mid-September following the first defeat after the window has shut.