Larry Ryan: Too early in the day for Arsenal to be on high alert

It might just be the last piece in the impressive jigsaw Arteta has assembled, injecting a little bit of chill.

HIGH ALERT: Mikel Arteta keeps a close eye on  Arsenal's Premier League clash with Wolves at Emirates Stadium last weekend. Photo by Eddie Keogh/Getty Images

ONE week into the Premier League season, I’m still wondering about Mikel Arteta’s ‘professional pickpockets’.

On the slight chance you missed it recently, reports claimed Arteta brought the Arsenal squad out for dinner and had a gang of light-fingered thieves steal all their stuff as a reminder of the need for constant alertness.