Five brilliant buys Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger could spend his £100m budget on

3) Lars Bender – Bayer Leverkusen – (Linked in the Mirror)

Aaron Ramsey and Jack Wilshere are good creatively, and Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini provide a good platform from which the team can perform – but with Abou Diaby perpetually injured, the team lacks a box-to-box influence. Bender could provide this. He’s robust, combative, and works hard in the centre – while being an excellent passer of the ball as well.