Why Cabaye's Signing may Prove to be as Fruitful as Arteta's

When Arteta was signed on deadline day in a panic buy by Arsene Wenger, the signing seemed a few years too late, and underwheled initially. However, gradually, Arteta has become a firm fan favourite, and is deeply missed in the Arsenal midfield when absent, which is unfortunately becoming more frequent nowadays.
This links on to why Wenger is interested in Cabaye, other than his nationality. Arteta is older than Cabaye, and although Arteta was initially underwhelming, Wenger discovered a holding position which highlighted Arteta’s defensive abilities as well as his attacking prowess.
Cabaye is very similar in this aspect, and will probably be used in a rotation with Arteta, in a holding position. This is why Wenger believes Arsenal do not need a defensive midfielder like Gustavo, because he will have two similar players rotating a well-taught position which mostly does the job, but is slighly susceptible against the likes of Manchester United, which would actually offer Arsenal something more going forward than the likes of Gustavo, especially against teams whic sit back against Arsenal. (Which enables the holding player (Arteta, Cabaye?) to push slightly further forward, and into a position Ramsey normally plays – a box to box player.
Therefore, although Cabaye may underwhelm initially, Arsenal fans should know that the signing will prove to be fruitful. However, don’t forget the fact that Arsenal still need a world-class striker, defensive midfielder, world-class attacking midfielder, centre-back, and world class winger. (In my opinion.)
A side note: If I was Wenger this transfer window I would’ve bought:
WC Striker – Higuain. (Was available, worth the extra money, fans believed he was coming, and was perfect, also wanted to come.)
Defensive midfielder – De Rossi. Available at 12 million, as Roma need to shift players from the wage-bill, and Arsenal have freed up roughly 500k’s worth of wages, so De Rossi’s would only take up a fifth of that, and boy is he worth it;dirty, ruthless, and a good passer.
Attacking midfielder – Kagawa. A bit of an odd choice I know, but I have loved Kagawa long-time. In his first year at United, he was played out of position, rather than in his deadly centre-forward position. You’d need a lot of money and wages to push off Dortmund if United were prepared to sell (unlikely), but Arsenal have that, and Kagawa would blossom under Wenger.
World class winger – Erik Lamela. Somehow Roma are prepared to sell him to Tottenham? So surely he’d prefer Champions League football?! Seems so foolish not to hijack this bid, I’ve been saying Lamela to Arsenal would be perfect for a while, and he’d fit in so well, and is going to be world-class.
Centre-back – Sakho. PSG are prepared to sell (probably to Milan), and he’s french, so he’d do well. Would play a lot due to injuries and could develop with Koscielny as a French World Cup pairing which plays in Brazil, perfect for Sakho, as he hasn’t played much for club nor country as regularly as he would’ve liked.
Then again, maybe it’s harder done than said. Then again, look at Chelsea and Man City.
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