Liverpool keeping adding...what will Arsenal do?

Okay let us start by saying that Chelsea and Manchester United are stacked, they have talent and depth all over the pitch. Chelsea has tinkered by adding some Big Phil players - Deco and Bosingwa - that he is comfortable with from his Portugal days. They have also cut some of the fat from there roster - Crespo, Sidwell, Makelele, etc (granted this fat would look great on any roster but they are not in the long term cards for Big Phil). Rumor is they will also get Sheva out of town soon, a big move for Scolari since the Ukrainian striker was the owner's binky and could be seen as on of the reasons the "Special One" left Stamford Bridge when he did. Of course the big rumor is Chelsea offering a staggering 100m pounds for Kaka and then paying him 1m pounds a month, that would be rather seismic event for the Premiership. However even if this does not come to fruition, Chelsea are in a good position to challenge for silverware.

Manchester has not made many moves to add and have only let fringe players move on. Of course the big cloud that hangs over Old Trafford is whether or not their Portugese talisman will be plying his trade on the Iberian peninsula. Assuming this smoke is not linked to a fire, at least not for this season, then Manchester United will enter this season as defending Premiership and European Champions with their full compliment of key players. Of course they are looking to add Berbatov from Tottenham, which should happen one of these days. That would give ManU more depth up front, but really be a one for one replacement for Saha who they appear to be allowing to move on. Not a bad switch considering the talented Frenchman is oft injured.

Of course Benetiz is working fast and furious to add to his squad, the latest being Keane from Tottenham to add to support to Torres. He also went out and added the PSG youngster Ngog. Keane should prove a wise purchase. He has become, quietly, one of the Prem's most consistent goals scorers - tallying 20+ goals the past two seasons. He should add some depth, goals and flexibility to Liverpool. Then again knowing Benetiz he will never be played consecutively during the season as the Spaniard continues his tinkering with the line up.

So the question becomes, who does Wenger add to try and keep up with the other "big 4?" Yes Wenger has added Nasri, a great addition, but he has lost 3 midfielders - Hleb and his only true holding/defensive midfielders - Giberto and Flamini. With no options in sight...Senna, not leaving, Yaya Toure, that move looks dead in the water, Chantome not leaving PSG, it appears that Wenger may head into next year with a huge hole in the midfield. Wenger and Arsenal need to figure this out and quickly, otherwise they will be fighting for the 3rd place spot in England and hoping to get to the 1/4 finals of the Champions League. I realize that Arsenal have their hands tied due to the debt on their books, but if they hope to challenge for any silverware they will have to find a way to address thier growing needs. Otherwise they might not only drop to 4th in the Prem but 3rd in London - Tottenham is looking to add to their roster (while scraping some excess - Chimbonda, Kaboul, etc). Come on Arse, show us some of your magic - please uncover the next Vieira and Henry...The gunners need the goals and hardman....