And one Gooner website jumped the gun and said Cabaye No 17 shirts were already on sale in North London.
It turns out to be BOLLOX ... but that's Arsenal for yer!
Ian Wright: "Two games and no goals show where Arsenal’s problems lie and there are few better finishers around than Jermain Defoe.
"I’m sure Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud will get goals for the Gunners once they have picked up the pace of the Premier League.
"But Arsenal cannot afford another dodgy start to a campaign after playing catch-up for all of last season.
"So if I was Arsene Wenger, I would make an audacious bid for Defoe, whose face doesn’t seem to fit at Spurs and who looks up for a move.
"Defoe would be the perfect replacement for Robin van Persie, the penalty box predator to finish off all those half-chances which are currently going begging.
"The good news is Arsenal seem a little more solid at the back since Steve Bould was promoted to Arsene’s No 2 and they should be OK once Laurent Koscielny is back alongside Thomas Vermaelen.
"But they could do with another central midfielder after selling Alex Song to Barcelona and I could see Newcastle’s Yohan Cabaye fitting in very nicely."