News from around the Arsenal locker room - June edition• Arsenal have decided to sell defender Laurent Koscielny to Wigan Athletic for £13m after a week long of negotiations, Koscielny is valued at £7.5m but after Wigan kept upping their offer, Arsenal finally gave in and accepted the offer.
• Arsenal made a signing of their own today when they brought Jamaican Ricardo Gardener from Bolton. They offered £675K for the midfielder and will pay him £780K for the next two seasons.
• If Arsenal are interested in Brazlilian midfielder Kaka, who is currently contracted with Real Madrid for the next four years, then they will likely not pursue another striker to link with Robert Van Persie and Gerviniho up front.
• Athletico Madrid put in a pultry £8m for Arshavin, Arsenal are likely to shoot down the offer since it comes in £500K of their asking price.