Arsenal sign Amaury Bischoff

Just a few days after Arsene Wenger said he wanted to sign another midfielder, Arsenal has gone and... you guessed it... signed another midfielder: Portugal Under-21 Amaury Bischoff.

Considering this summer's loss of Flamini, Hleb, and Gilberto from the Arsenal midfield, and the general obsession we fans have with the transfer season, this would normally be grounds for great excitement. But let's just say that my eyebrows are raised at this:

He only ever made one senior appearance for Bremen, in a 2007 Uefa Cup tie against Celta Vigo.

Now this was news about four weeks ago, so maybe this is not the signing Arsene Wenger was talking about (fingers crossed). Bischoff left Bremen at the end of his contract, so it is unclear what transfer fee, if any, will be owed by Arsenal.

I like his versatility and his price, but when did we start poaching the Bundesliga bench?