Just got a call from a reliable source. They know someone who was at the stadium today and saw Samuel Eto’o and Gary Lewin in the boardroom in Highbury House.

What that combination might be doing there is a mystery. If it was to do with a medical, then surely it would happen at the training ground, no? Maybe Lewin just happened to be there at the same time and took the chance to catch up with news of Eto’o’s pal at Barca, Thierry Henry. Who knows? Anyway, let’s just say it’s true for the sake of argument and discuss the implications were Eto’o to actually sign for the club.

Firstly Wenger has expressed regret that he missed out on the player earlier in his career. So there is an existing admiration. Barcelona are reputedly trying to come to some agreement over Alexander Hleb, so who is to say that Eto’o might not be involved in the deal.

If Milan are seriously going to offer daft money for Adebayor, then with Van Persie beginning to look like the player he has only sporadically been for Arsenal, Eto’o might be seen as a good replacement for Adebayor, should he go to Italy. He’s certainly more proven at the top level.

Eto’o seems to have been around forever, but in fact he is only 27 years old, so age does not count against him, although his experience would undoubtedly be a plus. If he has had his time in Spain, surely Henry would have only had good things to say about Arsenal.

Wenger does have money to spend, although he’s being canny about what he might do with it. An untouched £25 million from January, the money made on the sale of Lassana Diarra to Portsmouth and by logic, maybe £10 million more since the beginning fo the year. So, around £40 million to play with for signings and their first year of wages. Aaron Ramsey cost £5 million and Samir Nasri will reputedly be just over double that, although Arsenal will undoubtedly attempt to arrange these deals with payments made in instalments, the way Manchester United currently do. If Adebayor is sold and Hleb is exchanged for Eto’o, there is still money in the pot for a quality and much needed stopper.

So, let’s see how this one pans out. Could be a wind up, of course. Always remember – football is bullsh*t central. Still, we don’t often get gossip of this quality, so we thought we’d bring it to your attention. Do with it what you will.