Gunners Bow Out In Style

PaddyPower have clipped the odds on Arsene Wenger and Robin Van Persie both staying at Arsenal this summer despite the club exiting the Champions League on Wednesday night. The two key figures at the Emirates are 5/6 to still be at the club on 1 September when the transfer deadline shuts.

The Gunners so nearly pulled off the great escape, retrieving three of the four goals needed to draw level with AC Milan. PaddyPower offer 6/1 on both Wenger and Van Persie leaving before September.

Their futures, especially that of the Dutch striker, will surely largely depend on whether Arsenal can offer Champions League football again in 2012-13. That looks a hopeful prospect at the moment; Coral offer best odds of 4/7 on the Londoners finishing in the top four of the Premier League.