We also have Letters and GB and Zimm who could play there too tbf.
Another nonsense speech from Wenger, regardless of the speed of the deal it was going to happen, he could have set a deadline or at the very least had someone lined up when the inevitable happens.
It's too often the case with Wenger, he's always in denial claiming that a player isn't going and that we don't want him to go and have no reason to sell when it's clear a deal is on the cards. Instead of wasting his time denying the inevitable why doesn't he rechannel some of that energy towards finding players who can replace the departing players and possibly improve us.
The way the club and the manager handles transfers is on the whole shocking to be honest, the amount of times we've been caught with our pants down in the last 7 years is a joke.