When Adebayor is fit, van Persie is fit, Eduardo comes back into first team fold and Vela continues to develop into the player I hope he becomes for us; does Bendtner have a first team future with us?

I will be honest here and express the views of the majority of Arsenal fans when it comes to our perceptions of our Danish Centre forward. I think he is a player with potential, a player who can offer the team something different and a player who is a winner. The arrogant Dane is not afraid of putting extremely high expectations on himself with his arrogant claims. This personality trait is not a bad characteristic of his in fact and let’s be honest, to play for a club like Arsenal takes a special kind of player. Look at Thierry Henry, and as much as we love him, we can admit his arrogance is a trait of his that we have become accustomed to, especially in his celebrations. This is something we all wouldn’t like to admit too but all posses in our own thoughts of how we conduct our lives. Arrogance is confidence, and confidence is belief in one’s own ability to perform consistently at a high standard. Bendtner has this in abundance and at times, he hasn’t lived up to the image he portrays of himself!

When we think of him, it is very easy to forget he actually is a very young player of 20 years of age. He has however been given valuable experience in the Championship with Birmingham who he helped gain promotion to the Premiership, and has been given the opportunity to play for Arsenal in first team matches. With impressive performances coming off the bench scoring crucial goals for us, he has been given more and more of a role in the stating 11 especially when Adebayor has been injured. He has given us glimpses of a player which has the vital ingredients to forge a career with us, and on more times than not; he has shown us he is still not ready and needs to be given more time. I am a great believer in giving young players time to progress and develop through carefully integrating and nurturing them over a period of time, but I for one sometimes look at Nic and think this player has not got what it takes to make a career at Arsenal.

Reports have been circulating that Spartak Moscow are interested in filling the void that has been made by the departure of Spurs summer signing of Roman Pavlyuchenko. Rumors suggest that Bendtner is ready to negotiate a move away from the Emirates and begin a loan spell of six months with the Moscow side. The idea is that after the six month, he could sign a contract that will cost the side up to five million. This is yet to be discussed between the two clubs but in my opinion, the option must be considered.

This situation in my opinion needs to be analyzed carefully before the club makes any decisions on the player’s future. Would a loan spell improve his chances of being a first team regular at Arsenal; and will it result in his all round game being improved? Will Bendtner be able to achieve this at Arsenal without a loan spell, and if so, will this benefit Arsenal in him doing so? If a loan spell will not improve him, and staying at Arsenal will not result in his game being improved, is he good enough to stay at Arsenal. If the answer is no to all the above questions, it might be a move that could be considered in the best interests for both Bendtner and Arsenal.
After saying this, I do not think Wenger would have kept him over the summer if he didn’t believe his player had the required quality to play for a team such as Arsenal. I also do not believe he would have been given the chance he has if he had not had the quality in his game. Time will tell if he makes it or not, but the if it gets clearer that he won’t have the cutting edge over other strikers at Arsenal, I want to see someone else be given the chance and for him to move on to another club.

The results of this therefore are clear for his immediate future, and this is that he should be kept at Arsenal. I think the manager believes he needs games to improve his all round game, but with injuries he has had to start him more times this season than I think he would have hoped for at the start of the campaign.