Now that we're into January, Arsenal are able to negotiate Bosman transfers with players stationed abroad who have six months or less remaining on their contract.
However, a glance at the history books suggests that Arsene Wenger's record with free transfers isn't particularly good. There have been a couple of notable exceptions, but for the most part it's a motley crew of misguided signings.
In this piece we count down Arsenal's top 10 free transfers of the Premier League era, ranking them according to how good a piece of business they came to be. It's worth noting that deals where the Gunners were forced to pay compensation, such as the transfer which took Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona to north London, have not been included.