http://www.premierleague.com/page/Headlines/0,,12306~1356551,00.html Good news for the Gunners, as he was pursued during the offseason by AC Milan & Barcelona...
It was a great move by Arsenal, they needed to keep him after losing four of their starting players already.
It's not likely he will do as well this season and they had whacked a silly price on him, but letting anyone else go would send out the wrong signals to prospective transfer targets of their own.