Wenger: People want to join us

Arsene Wenger has revealed players are queueing up to join Arsenal, but he will continue with his policy of signing ‘huge players, not huge names’.

Wenger is under pressure to respond in the transfer market this summer after losing Mathieu Flamini for free to Milan, while Alexander Hleb’s future remains under a heavy cloud of doubt.

The wily Frenchman has been linked with the likes of Marseille’s Samir Nasri and Lyon’s Hatem Ben Arfa in recent weeks, both young talents causing a storm of attention in Ligue 1.

However, both additions would not solve a widely-viewed lack of leadership in the Arsenal camp, but Wenger insists reputations mean nothing to him.

"I think a huge player is better than a huge name," Wenger told Arsenal’s official website.

“You have huge names who produce very little at the moment.”

Wenger has widened his net for summer spending, admitting he now needs two or three players rather than the one he initially stated.

And despite The Gunners’ much-maligned wage cap, the Arsenal boss insists there are queues of players wanting to move to Emirates Stadium.

"There is plenty of demand from players who want to join us and what we need next year is two or three maybe."