Arsene Wenger is desperate to win trophies…!

Arsene Wenger insists Arsenal can win a Barclays Premier League title challenge despite the huge spending by the likes of Manchester City.

Arsenal, in contrast, have spent just £8.5million on defender Laurent Koscielny and Moroccan striker Marouane Chamakh moved to the Emirates on a free transfer.

City have splashed out £80million on four players so far this summer in a bid to break into the top four and secure Champions League football.

But Wenger is convinced Arsenal will improve on last year's third-place finish.

"I am very confident [we'll do better than last season]," Wenger told the club's website.

"We know in England that the Premier League is the biggest league in the world and everybody invests a lot of money.

"We invest in our work, in our beliefs, in the quality of our behaviour and I am confident that will pay off. "We finished third last year and we hope we can improve on that - but the race will be tough."

Arsenal's pre-season preparations will continue against AC Milan on Friday in the Emirates Cup.

Wenger: Cesc Fabregas is not for sale at any price

Arsene Wenger has made it clear to Barcelona that Cesc Fabregas is not for sale at any price.

Barcelona is to bring Fabregas back to the Nou Camp, where he played in the youth set-up before moving to Arsenal.

Arsenal turned down a £29million bid for Fabregas earlier this summer and consistently stated that the club captain is going nowhere

Wenger told Arsenal.com: "I am very happy with Cesc and we are all very happy at the club with Cesc”.

Barcelona spokesman Toni Freixa said this week: "Arsenal don't want to sit down and negotiate with us.

Wenger said he has learned to live with situation and he insisted Arsenal fans should not be concerned about where Fabregas' future lies.

"It is only noise. In our job we have to deal with what we can master. What we cannot influence is not to worry about," Wenger added.

Drenthe to join Liverpool soon.

Real Madrid Left back Royston Drenthe has revealed he is set to leave the madrid for Liverpool.

The under-21 Netherlands star who joined Spanish giants in 2007 from Feyenoord was struggled to secure regular first-team action.since his arrival and now he is set to leave Real Madrid after been linked with Liverpool.

This may not be the surprising signing by liverpool manager who is desperately looking ot for a left back following the departure of Fabio Aurelio and Emiliano Insua.

Chelsea need to spend some cash in order to retain the title

The departure Joe Cole, Juliano Belletti and Michael Ballack has made it very difficult for Chelsea manager to compete with the teams like Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal and Spurs.

Just to remind the Chelsea fans that 50 million bid for Fernando Torres was rejected earlier this month by liverpools new manager who is trying his best to strengthen his squad inorder to regain the spot for Champions league football.

During the summer transfer window Chelsea have only managed to sign Youssi Benayoun from Liverpool and Tomas Kalas (from Sigma Olomouc). So there is a massive gap in the midfield which needs to be filled.

Recently Drogba has also joined the list of injured players for Chelsea, after undergoing a surgery for groin injury and is set to miss the start of season.

In the absence of Drogba it looks like that Salomon Kalou will play along side with Nicklous

Anelka. And it would be difficult for any one to fill the gap created by te absence of Premier league’s best striker.

So Carlo Ancelotti who is looking to add some new blood will have to hurry up.

DROGBA to miss start of season..

Didier Drogba the Golden Boot winner for Chelsea is set to miss the start of season after undergoing a groin surgery.

Chelsea said on Saturday they expect their star striker to return to training in "approximately three weeks" - the end of such a period is the same day the Blues kick-off their new campaign at home to West Brom.

A statement issued on the club's official website read: "Didier Drogba successfully underwent minimally invasive surgery yesterday [Friday] on the groin injury that had troubled him for some of last season.

The 32-year-old, who scored 29 league goals last season, would then likely need a period of time to regain the full match fitness.

At least Chelsea, the defending champions, appear to have a soft start to the new season.

After playing West Brom on August 14, they have games against Wigan, Stoke and West Ham before their Champions League campaign gets under way on either September 14 or 15.

The surgery certainly makes it highly unlikely that Drogba will play in the Community Shield against Manchester United on August 8.

Just to remind you that Cech and Alex are already sidelined due to injuries and set to miss the start of season.

After Chelsea and Mancity, Barcelona also join queue for Balotelli

Barcelona are the latest and only Spanish club to join the line for Italian Striker Mario Balotelli.

According to Il Corriere dello Sport, Blaugrana president Sandro Rosell has registered his interest in the 19-year-old with the player's agent Mino Raiola, who also embodies Zlatan Ibrahimovic's interests.

Barcelona announced that they had 50m to spend this summer. Barcelona has already signed highly rated Spanish striker David Villa. Now if they have to sell if they want to buy. Wait are we forgetting something...They have already sold Yaya Toure to City. So if they really want to sign the Out of favour inter milan striker, cash constraints would not be an issue.

Raiola and Rosell met during a general meeting to discuss about Ibrahimovic, who looks set to remain at the Nou Camp despite the ongoing speculation linking him away from the Nou Camp.

But with Rosell being a character who seldom lets an opportunity to talk football pass, took the chance to enquire Raiola about the situation revolving Balotelli.

He told Raiola: "He is a young talent suitable for Barcelona."

However, hijacking a move for the problematic yet talented youngster could be too late an attempt as talks between Inter and pack-leader Manchester City are at an advanced stage.

Outspoken Inter president Massimo Moratti has also confirmed on Friday that talks between both clubs are on-going.

The cash-rich Premier League club have just confirmed the signing of Aleksandar Kolarov from Lazio but are not expected to relinquish their pursuit of Balotelli.

Barclay's Premier Transfer Season Action (2010)

ARSENAL

Ins: Marouane Chamakh (free from Bordeaux), Laurent Koscielny (undisc from Lorient).

Outs: Fran Merida (undisc to Atletico Madrid), Philippe Senderos (free to Fulham), Luke Ayling (free to Yeovil), Francis Coquelin (loan to Lorient), Eduardo (£6m to Shahktar Donetsk).

Rumoured: Mikel Arteta, Phil Jagielka, Jack Rodwell and Stephen Pienaar (Everton), Stephane Mbia (Marseille), Guy Assulin (Barcelona), Brede Hangeland and Mark Schwarzer (Fulham), Gary Cahill (Bolton), Lassana Diarra (Real Madrid), Gigi Buffon (Juventus), Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeaux), Hugo Rodallega (Wigan), Gregory Van der Wiel and Jan Vertonghen (Ajax), Hugo Lloris (Lyons), Mesut Ozil and Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen), Federico Marchetti (Cagliari), Shaun Wright-Philips (Manchester City), Connor Wickham (Ipswich).

ASTON VILLA

Ins:
Outs: Wilfred Bouma, Andy Marshall and Marlon Harewood (released), Stephen O'Halloran (free to Coventry).

Rumoured: Eidur Gudjohnsen (Monaco), Carlton Cole and Scott Parker (West Ham), Kevin Doyle (Wolves), Robbie Keane and Jermaine Jenas(Spurs), Craig Bellamy, Stephen Ireland and Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Adam Matthews (Cardiff), Bobby Zamora (Fulham), Hugo Rodallega (Wigan), Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax), Steven Pienaar (Everton), Nathaniel Clyne (Crystal Palace), Evaldo (Sporting Braga), Seb Frey (Fiorentina), Aiden McGeady (Celtic), Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer Leverkusen), Axel Witsel (Standard Liege).

BIRMINGHAM

Ins: Ben Foster (£6million from Manchester United), Enric Valles (free from NAC Breda), Nikola Zigic (£6million from Valencia).
Outs: Artur Krysiak (free to Exeter), Cristian Benitez (loan return to Santos Laguna), Gary McSheffrey (free to Coventry), Lee Carsley, Franck Queudrue and Gregory Vignal (all released).

Rumoured: Paul Konchesky (Fulham), Charles N'Zogbia (Wigan), Bobby Zamora (Fulham), Kris Boyd (Rangers), Aidan McGeady (Celtic), Robert Pires (Villarreal), Robbie Keane (Tottenham), Nathaniel Clyne (Crystal Palace), Katlego Mphela (Mamelodi Sundowns), Moussa Dembele (AZ Alkmaar).

BLACKBURN

Ins:
Outs: Steven Reid (free to WBA), Marcus Marshall (free to Rotherham), Andrew Haworth (free to Bury).

Rumoured: Guti (Real Madrid), Kris Boyd (Rangers), Tuncay (Stoke), Robert Lewandowski (Lech Poznan), Jong Tae-Se (Kawasaki Frontale), David Nugent (Portsmouth), Gai Assulin (Barcelona), Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa), Benjani (Man City).

BLACKPOOL

Ins:
Outs: Al Bangura, Joe Martin, Danny Mitchley, Hameur Bouazza and Daniel Nardiello (all released), Stephen McPhee (retired).

Rumoured: Danny Welbeck (Manchester United), Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Wolves), DJ Campbell (Leicester), Mark Reynolds (Motherwell), Brett Pitman (Bournemouth), Nicky Butt and Nile Ranger (Newcastle), DaMarcus Beasley (Rangers), Danny Shittu (Bolton), Paddy McCourt (Celtic), Robert Koren (West Brom).

BOLTON

Ins: Martin Petrov (free from Manchester City), Robbie Blake (free from Burnley).
Outs: Ricardo Vaz Te Zoltan Harsanyi, Stuart McDonald and Chris Stokes (released), Ali Al-Habsi (loan to Wigan).

Rumoured: Jack Wilshere (Arsenal), Guti, Rodrigo Moreno and Marcos Alonso (Real Madrid), David Nugent (Portsmouth), Chris Cohen (Nottingham Forest), Ilan (West Ham), James Vaughan (Everton), Katiego Mphela (Mamelodi Sundowns), Franco Di Santo (Chelsea), Juan Roman Riquelme (Boca Juniors).

CHELSEA

Ins: Yossi Benayoun (undisclosed from Liverpool), Tomas Kalas (£5million from Sigma Olomouc).
Outs: Michael Ballack (free to Bayer Leverkusen), Joe Cole and Juliano Belletti (released), Miroslav Stoch (undisc to Fenerbahce), Rhys Taylor (loan to Crewe), Tomas Kalas (loan to Sigma Olomouc).

Rumoured: Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), Steven Pienaar (Everton), Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid), Angel di Maria and David Luiz (Benfica), Alexandre Pato (AC Milan), Luka Modric (Spurs), Kaka and Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Darijo Srna (Shaktar Donetsk), Bastian Schweinsteiger and Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Mesut Ozil (Werder Bremen), Fernando Torres (Liverpool), Raul Meireles and Bruno Alves (Porto), Fabio Coentrao (Benfica), Kaka (Real Madrid), Neymar (Santos).

EVERTON

Ins: Jermaine Beckford (free from Leeds), Joao Silva (£500,000 from Desportivo Aves), Magaye Gueye (undisc. from Strasbourg).
Outs: John Ruddy (undiscl. to Norwich City), Dan Gosling (free to Newcastle).

Rumoured: Jan Vertonghen (Ajax), Oscar Cardozo (Benfica), Nathaniel Clyne (Crystal Palace), Stephane Sessegnon (Paris St Germain), Angelo Ogbonna (Torino), Arne Freidrich (Hertha Berlin), Tom Cairney (Hull).

FULHAM

Ins: Philippe Senderos (free from Arsenal), Jonathan Greening (loan made permanent from West Brom).
Outs: Chris Smalling (£10million to Manchester United), Wayne Brown (free to Bristol Rovers), Erik Nevland (free to Viking), Andranik, Wesley Foderingham, Toni Kallio, Luca Moscatiello, King Osei-Gyan, Dan Owusu, Michael Uwezu (all released), Chris Buchtmann (undiscl. to Cologne), Elliot Omozusi (free to Leyton Orient), Stefan Payne (free to Gillingham)

Rumoured: Nicky Shorey (Aston Villa), Carlton Cole (West Ham), Daniel Tozser (Racing Genk), Fabio Aurelio (Liverpool), David James (Portsmouth), Andre Bikey (Burnley), Steve Sidwell (Aston Villa), Cheik Tioti (FC Twente), Joe Hart (Manchester City), Allan McGregor (Rangers).

LIVERPOOL

Ins: Jonjo Shelvey (£1.7million from Charlton), Milan Jovanovic (free from Standard Liege), Joe Cole (free from Chelsea), Danny Wilson (rising to £5million from Rangers).
Outs: David Martin (free to MK Dons), Fabio Aurelio, Christopher Oldfield, Robbie Threlfall (released), Yossi Benayoun (£5.5million to Chelsea), Albert Riera (£3.3million to Olympiacos).

Rumoured: Giampaolo Pazzini (Sampdoria), Diego Tardelli (Belo Horizonte), Carlton Cole (West Ham), Simao (Atletico Madrid), Danny Wilson (Rangers), Micah Richards, Nedum Onuoha and Michael Johnson (Manchester City), Brede Hangeland (Fulham), Steven Taylor (Newcastle), Bryan Ruiz (FC Twente), Maynor Figueroa (Wigan), Shaun Wright-Philips (Manchester City), Loic Remy (Nice), Lee Cattermole (Sunderland), Paul Scharner (Wigan).

MANCHESTER CITY

Ins: Jerome Boateng (£10million from Hamburg), Yaya Toure (£25million from Barcelona), David Silva (£24m from Valencia), Alex Henshall (undisc. from Swindon).
Outs: Martin Petrov (free to Bolton), Sylvinho, Benjani (all released), Paul Marshall (free to Walsall), Valeri Bojinov (£4.25m to Parma), Robert Mak (undiscl. to Nurnberg), David Ball (loan to Swindon), Gunnar Nielsen (loan to Tranmere).

Rumoured: Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Dani Alves (Barcelona), Fernando Torres (Liverpool), James Milner and Ashley Young (Aston Villa), Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeaux), Marek Hamsik (Napoli), Mesut Ozil (Werder Bremen), David Luiz (Benfica), Fernando Gago (Real Madrid), Javi Martinez (Athletic Bilbao), Johnny Heitinga (Everton), Edin Dzeko (Wolfsburg), Maicon and Mario Balotelli (Inter Milan), Phillipe Mexes (Roma), Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Fabio Coentrao, Angel di Maria and Ramires (Benfica), Lukas Podoloski (Cologne), Aleksandar Kolarov (Lazio).

MANCHESTER UNITED

Ins: Javier Hernandez (£7million from C.D. Guadalajara), Chris Smalling (£10million from Fulham).
Outs: Ben Foster (£6million to Birmingham), Tom Heaton (free to Cardiff), Zoran Tosic (£8m to CSKA Moscow), Matthew James (loan to Preston), Daniel Drinkwater (loan to Cardiff City).

Rumoured: Edin Dzeko (Wolfsburg), James Milner (Aston Villa), Jack Rodwell (Everton), Luka Modric (Spurs), Phil Jagielka and Mikel Arteta (Everton), Rafael van der Vaart and Raul (Real Madrid), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Pablo Barrera (Pumas), Sotiris Ninis (Panathinaikos). Stéphane Sessègnon (PSG), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Mesut Ozil (Werder Bremen), Wesley Sneijder and Mario Balotelli (Inter Milan), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich).

NEWCASTLE

Ins: James Perch (undiscl. from Nottingham Forest), Dan Gosling (free from Everton).
Outs: Fabrice Pancrate and Nicky Butt (released), Max Johnson (free to Inverness).

Rumoured: Jimmy Bullard (Hull), Youssouf Mulumbu (West Brom), Jermaine Jenas (Spurs), Rais M'Bolhi (Slavia Sofia), Jlloyd Samuel, Andy O'Brien and Danny Shittu (Bolton), Henri Lansbury (Arsenal), Mark Reynolds (Motherwell), Gary Hooper (Scunthorpe), Dan Gosling, Yannick Djalo (Sporting Lisbon), Mahamadou Diarra (Real Madrid), Sol Campbell (Arsenal).

STOKE

Ins:
Outs: Amdy Faye (released), Nathaniel Wedderburn (free to Northampton), Andy Griffin (nominal fee to Reading), Steve Simonsen (free to Sheffield United), Diego Arismendi (loan to Barnsley), Ibrahima Sonko (loan to Portsmouth).

Rumoured: Emile Heskey (Aston Villa), Mark Noble and Carlton Cole (West Ham), Robert Koren (unattached), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Tottenham), Andy Carroll (Newcastle), Youssef El Akchaoul (NEC Nijmegen), Ilan (West Ham), Maynor Figueroa (Wigan), Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa)

SUNDERLAND

Ins: Cristian Riveros (undisc. from Cruz Azul), Ahmed Al-Muhammadi (loan from ENPPI), Simon Mignolet (undiscl from Sint-Truidense), Titus Bramble (£1million from Wigan).
Outs: Jamie Chandler (free to Darlington), Roy O'Donovan (free to Coventry), Lorik Cana (£5m to Galatasaray), Daryl Murphy (£1.5m to Celtic), Conor Hourihane (undiscl. to Ipswich), Nyron Nosworthy (loan to Sheffield United).

Rumoured: Tuncay (Stoke), Mauro Boselli (Estudiantes), Bobby Zamora (Fulham), Taye Taiwo (Marseille), Matthew Upson (West Ham), Nedum Onouha and Stephen Ireland (Manchester City), Nelson Haedo Valdez (Borussia Dortmund), Heiko Westermann (Schalke), Gervinho (Lille), John Utaka (Portsmouth), Charles N'Zogbia (Wigan), Chris Eagles (Burnley), Richard Kingson and Titus Bramble (Wigan).

TOTTENHAM

Ins: Sandro (£6m from Internacional).
Outs: Lee Butcher (free to Leyton Orient), Sam Cox (free to Barnet), Jimmy Walker (released).

Rumoured: Morgan Gould (Supersport United), Ashley Young and Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Stephen Pienaar (Everton), Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United), Matthew Upson (West Ham), David James (Portsmouth), Carlton Cole (West Ham), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Juventus), Neven Subotic (Borussia Dotrmund), Pedro Leon (Getafe), Shaun Wright-Philips (Manchester City), Yannick Djalo (Sporting Lisbon), Phil Jones (Blackburn), Raul (Real Madrid).

WEST BROM

Ins: Steven Reid (free from Blackburn), Pablo Ibanez (free from Atletico Madrid), Gabriel Tamas (undiscl. from Auxerre).
Outs: Robert Koren, Filipe Teixeira and Andwele Slory (released), Joss Labadie (free to Tranmere), Jonathan Greening (loan move made permanent to Fulham), Luke Daniels (loan to Bristol Rovers), Borja Valero (loan to Villarreal).

Rumoured: James Beattie (Stoke), Boaz Myhill (Hull), Marcus Pedersen (Stromsgodset), Pierre Webo (Real Mallorca), David Ngog (Liverpool), Marcus Berg (Hamburg), Jason Roberts (Blackburn).

WEST HAM

Ins: Thomas Hitzlsperger (free from Lazio), Pablo Barrera (£4m from UNAM Pumas), Frederic Piquionne (£1m from Lyon).
Outs: Guillermo Franco (released), Bondz N'Gala (free to Milwall).

Rumoured: Jamie O'Hara (Spurs), Graham Dorrans (West Brom), Tal Ben Haim, Kevin Prince Boateng and Nadir Belhadj (Portsmouth), Yakubu (Everton), Sidney Govou and Francois Clerc (Lyon), Ben Sahar (Espanyol), Richard Wright (Ipswich), Vincent Enyeama (Hapoel tel Aviv), Angelo Ogbonna (Torino), Steve Sidwell (Aston Villa), Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich), Loic Remy (Nice), Radosav Petrovic (FK Partizan), Benjani (Man City).

WIGAN

Ins: Mauro Boselli (£6.5m from Estudiantes), Antolin Alcaraz (free from Club Brugge), Ali Al-Habsi (loan from Bolton).
Outs: Tomasz Cywka (free to Derby), Mario Melchiot (free to Umm Salal), Titus Bramble (£1million to Sunderland).

Rumoured: Landry N'Guemo (Nancy), Jose Angel (Sporting Gijon), Javier Garrido (Manchester City).

WOLVES

Ins: Jelle Van Damme (£2.5m from Anderlecht), Steven Fletcher (£6.5million from Burnley), Steven Mouyokolo (£2.5m from Hull), Stephen Hunt (£3m from Hull), Adlène Guedioura (loan move made permanent from Charleroi).
Outs: Jason Shackell (undisc. to Barnsley), Chris Iwelumo (undisc. to Burnley), Mark Little (free to Peterborough), George Friend (free to Doncaster), Andrew Surman (£500,000 to Norwich), Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (loan to Peterborough), Daniel Jones (free to Sheffield Wednesday).

Rumoured: Guirane N'Daw (FC Nantes), Aruna Dindane (Lens), Kevin Constant (LB Châteauroux), Benjani (Man City).