Alexander Hleb is impressed by Liverpool’s summer signings - but is out to prove Arsene Wenger was right to have faith in his young squad.

“I like Liverpool’s transfer policy best of all,” said the Arsenal star. “Torres, Lukas Leiva, Babel, Voronin, Benayoun - buying them one after the other is impressive.

“We’ve only had a few acquisitions. But the squad is very good.

“At the moment I still don’t know how we will live without (Thierry) Henry. He is a great player and a part of Arsenal.

“But he wanted to leave. No one is irreplaceable and him leaving is not a tragedy.”

And Hleb has set himself a personal target. “It’s my dream to score 10 or more goals this season.”

he talented 18 year old currently plays for Chilean club Audax Italiano, and is said to be one of the most promising footballers to come out of Argentina in recent years.The lanky striker, who was born in Mendoza, stands at 1.93 metres, and has attracted interest from no less than ten English Premier League clubs.

Di Santo has been playing his club football in the Chilean first division for a while now, and is participating in this year’s Copa Sudamericana with his club.

He represented Argentina in the U-20 World Cup qualifiers in Paraguay, and is expected to form part of the senior national team in the future.

From all the clubs interested in signing the player, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, and Chelsea are the most likely to attract him.

According to the player’s agent, he will be loaned out to one of these clubs for 730,000 euros, but if one of them is willing to buy him they will have to pay 7.3 million euros.

rsenal boss Arsene Wenger wants defender Matt Connolly to show his worth in the coming season.The teenage defender has joined the U’s on a season long loan and is expected to make his debut at Sheffield United this weekend.

And, speaking to the Colchester Gazette, Wenger believes needs first team action to develop further.

“I have let Matthew go to Colchester because he needs to play.

“He has made a big step forward but he will not learn a lot in the reserve-team anymore.

“Like every young player, he needs to learn to cope with responsibility.

“He will only get that when he plays in the first team.”

William Gallas has predicted the post-Thierry Henry era at Arsenal being just as exciting and more physical.

Gallas believes the club have shown a toughness in pre-season following the departure of their talisman to Barcelona and expects Arsene Wenger’s new-look side to challenge in the top four of the Barclays Premier League again.

The Gunners were characterised as a team who passed their way to glory when Henry led their attack, but Gallas also feels there is a physical dimension to their game.

The 29-year-old said: “The squad has matured, we have changed, we know we have to fight and to be compact to defend very well.

“I don’t think a team can beat us by being more physical than us this season. I think we can give a good answer.

“There are teams that just want to play the long ball and you have to be ready. You have to be physical and to fight and I think we will be physical enough to cope with that this time.”

With Emmanuel Adebayor and Robin van Persie showing promise and Eduardo da Silva arriving at the Emirates Stadium, Gallas is certain that Arsenal will remain an attacking force without Henry.

“We know we can score at any time because we have the quality up front,” he added.

“I am very confident that the players we have will fill the gap.

“I think this season will be different and it won’t just be about Chelsea and Manchester United.

“There are other clubs like Arsenal who will also be challenging and no-one can say who is definitely going to win the title.”

Gallas also feels Adebayor, Van Persie and Wenger’s other youngsters have shown they are capable of competing at the top level after reaching the Carling Cup last season.

“They are not kids anymore, they are young players and they really want to win a trophy this season,” he added. “They don’t want to say they are still young kids, when I train with them I don’t see young kids, I see players who are ready to fight.”

On a personal level, Gallas is desperate to improve on his first season at Arsenal by helping them compete at the top of the Premier League.

“I think the Premier League will be very exciting,” he said.

“Last season was a case of adaptation for me. It was not easy because a lot of things happened in my life. Now it is a new season.”

The Villa defence are desperately short on numbers with Phil Bardsley, Aaron Hughes, Jlloyd Samuel and Liam Ridgewell all heading out the exit door during the summer. O’Neill is hoping that a £2 million bid for the England U-21 defender will be enough to tempt Arsene Wenger to part with the player.

Hoyte fits into the criteria of player that O’Neill is looking for, young, talented and with a point to prove and could follow his fellow England U-21 team-mates Nigel Reo-Coker and Ashley Young to Villa Park.