WENGER'S YOUNG GUNS

just finished watching L'pool-Arsenal match, which end up a 1-1 draw. great game, beautiful football as usual. l'pool with the long shots and Arsenal hit the post twice. gonna get some sleep then do some preparation for the gay seminar this afternoon.

mari mengenal player2:

Emmanuel ADEBAYOR, 23 (Forward) Signed from: Monaco, France; Price: £7m Togolese son of Nigerian immigrants, moved to Metz's youth academy

Nicklas BENDTNER, 19 (Forward) Copenhagen, Denmark Spotted by Scandinavia scout Bobby Barnes. A signed No7 shirt helped lure the Robert Pires fanatic

Gael CLICHY, 22 (Defender) Cannes, France Current Spurs director Damien Comolli scouted him while working for Arsenal

Abou DIABY, 21 (Midfield) Auxerre, France; £2m Spotted in Northern Ireland with France U18s. Arsenal went undercover at Auxerre

DENILSON, 19 (Midfield) Sao Paulo, Brazil; £3.4m Brazilian scout Orlanelli spotted him, Wenger liked him and Rowley had to climb a fence to watch him

Johan DJOUROU, 20 (Defender, on loan, Birm'ham) Etoile Carouge, Switzerland At the Swiss second division club when 65-year-old Italy-based scout Tony Banfield saw him

Emmanuel EBOUE, 24 (Defender) Beveren, Belgium; £1m Beveren were the controversial feeder Belgian club to Arsenal, housing Ivorians obtaining EU passports

Lukasz FABIANSKI, 22 (Goalkeeper) Legia Warsaw, Poland German scout Thomas Kost alerted club to Petr Cech. Didn't hesitate when Kost had 'Cech's successor'

Cesc FABREGAS, 20 (Midfield) Barcelona, Spain Prised from Barcelona in an operation masterminded by Rowley and Cagigao

Mathieu FLAMINI, 23 (Midfield) Marseille, France A Wenger-Grimandi signing, the boss's hunch on out-of-contract midfielder

Justin HOYTE, 23 (Defender) England Nurtured at Arsenal's academy in Grays under the tutelage of Andy McDermid

Fran MERIDA, 17 (Midfield) Barcelona, Spain Another coup for Cagigao, almost broke relations with Barca. Arsenal paid £2m compensation

Havard NORDTVEIT, 17 (Defender) FK Haugesund, Norway Wenger rushed back from holiday to secure the young Norwegian, who will feature this season

Bacary SAGNA, 24 (Defender) Auxerre, France; £6m Only scout Gilles Grimandi trailed him last season and they had a clear need to bolster their defence

Philippe SENDEROS, 22 (Defender) Servette, Switzerland; £2.5m Another initially spotted by Kost before Rowley

Alexandre SONG, 20 (Midfield) Bastia, France; £100,000 Cameroon ace wanted by Wenger and Grimandi

Kolo TOURE, 26 (Defender) ASEC Abidjan, Ivory Coast; £150,000 Jean-Marc Guillou, a friend of Wenger, took his ASEC academy charges to train at Arsenal. They passed on his brother Yaya, now at Barca

Armand TRAORE, 18 (Defender) Monaco, France Wenger's contacts at his former club smoothed the path of yet another classy left-back

Robin VAN PERSIE, 24 (Forward) Feyenoord, Holland; £2.75m Misfit at Feyenoord, Arsenal took a risk on him when everyone else was watching Arjen Robben

Carlos VELA, 18 (Forward on loan at Osasuna) Chivas, Mexico Mexican top scorer at the 2005 U17 World Cup should have a Spanish passport by March

Theo WALCOTT, 18 (Forward) Southampton; up to £12m No secret about Walcott. Arsenal joined the queue to watch him being kicked by sides playing Southampton's youth team Gunners

ps: found this on liverpoolfc.tv after the match finished "Cesc Fabregas grabbed a late equaliser for Arsenal as the Gunners held Liverpool to a 1-1 draw in a lively top-of-the-table clash at Anfield."

the top of the table clash will be next saturday, no big fuss anyway.