Arteta and Edu need to pull this off. All roads point to Rice to Arsenal. That Mudryk money we never spent has been accruing interest since January and with Rice having little desire to leave London its such a big pathway to his signature.
These are the type of signings we need to make not only to remain in the top 4, but to keep banging on that door for the league.
I still remeber coming close in 07-08, but Wenger's vanity in wanting to prove he can win on the discount meant we never kicked on. Cesc, Nasri, RVP all become dismayed and the nucleas of that team disbanded.
This time we need to kick on, and signing Rice would go along way in doing just that