Has Wenger got a plan for Yann?

The rumours that Arsenal are after Yann M’Vila stepped up a notch after well-respected blogger @YouAreMyArsenal confirmed that his sources indicated a deal was done.
Arsenal’s twitter fanbase went into a frenzy as @YouAreMyArsenal & @AlexFortyNine indicated the club had agreed to sign a big star from Ligue 1 who would “walk in” to Man City’s first team. Soon enough, the bloggers confirmed their sources and apparently got permission to name the player (or maybe they decided it wouldn’t affect the transfer).
Their initial apprehension behind naming the player could have been an attempt to drum up some suspense. However it seems just as likely that they feared a Mata situation, as we experienced last summer, where the media attention on a deal simply alerted other clubs.
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