Reports are out claiming that Liverpool hero Phil Thompson has questioned the wisdom of Arsenal sending Lukas Podolski to Inter Milan. The German international joined Inter on-loan last month. Thompson said: 'Arsene Wenger has trimmed his squad a bit – they had a lot of midfield players. 'Letting Podolski go was a bit strange, but Sanogo needed to play games.” Wenger instead moved to secure the £11.2m signing of Gabriel and £2.5m Krystian Bielik. Thompson added: ”Arsenal have strengthened in an area where a lot of people have been calling for it. 'Gabriel hasn’t got a great deal of international pedigree but it’s a signing that was required – they were desperate for a...
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