At the beginning of last season I wrote about how I felt Flamini was shooting himself in the foot by refusing to play at left back. He'd done so with such passion and effort in the Champions League run to Paris that it seemed ludicrous that he suddenly didn't want to play there.
Furthermore, it was at a time when he'd have got lots of games as Clichy was injured and Wenger was having to play Gallas at left back rather than his better position in the centre.
At the time it was reported that Flamini wanted to be considered a first choice and not a squad player and that he was considering buying out his contract and leaving. As a result of refusing to play at left back (even though he made the odd substitute appearance at full back) he shot himself in the foot by taking away his main strength, which was his flexibility and strength as a utility player.
Now its the summer and I guess there hasn't been too many clubs knocking at his door. It seems he's reconsidering his own options and has realised that its better being a squad player at a huge club, playing in a beautiful stadium than being an automatic choice at a club like Birmingham.
I hope the rumours are true and that he's realised that maybe he is a full back and not a midfield maestro like Michel Platini. If he wants to play in the centre of midfield he has no chance at Arsenal with Gilberto, Fabregas, Diaby, Denilson in front of him and even Song back in the squad.
But if he wants to stay and play at Arsenal he has a chance if he realises he probably is a full back. He's had chances on the wing and hasn't performed, so he's not a winger. He's had chances in the centre of midfield and usually not performed, although I concede his strength is a tireless work ethic, he is not good enough to play there for Arsenal.
When he plays in midfield I always feel like he's going to give the ball away when he's in possession (a la Grimandi), but the times he's played at full back he's actually looked most at home. I don't feel nervous watching him playing as part of a flat back four and I think it really suits him.
His strengths as a footballer are: his tenacity and intelligence, his work ethic, an endless passion and commitment and pretty good tackling. All of these can be used most effectively as a full back. What else makes him an excellent squad player is that he could play on both the right and left sides of the defence.
I wouldn't say he was a natural on both feet and his right foot is his favoured one, but he played supremely well on the left side in that stingy defence that got Arsenal to the Champions League Final. You can be right footed and play on the left... just ask Robert Pires.
If Flamini has finally resigned to the inevitable and accepted that he is genetically predisposed to being a full back then Wenger must be smiling because he won't need to go and spend £6m plus on Bakari Sagna. Perhaps he could spend that money on bringing in another winger.
And if Wenger can bring in cover for full back then he can finally move Eboue to the right wing where he should rightly be. A lot of you will disagree with playing him as a winger but that's basically what he does as a right back anyway. Eboue is one of the best crossers of the ball in the Arsenal squad.
Last season his cross completion percentage was 21.4% behind Fabregas with 28.7% and Van Persie with 21.7%. Playing as a right back, Eboue sometimes goes 'walkabout' and puts pressure on his nearest centre back by being miles out of position. Playing as a winger he could use his pace, which is his best asset, but he would need to develop his shooting ability and interplay with the forwards. Equally, he'd need to leave the diving and rolling around in the changing room.
No-one knows what Wenger is thinking or who he's watching and he'll continue to move around the transfer market like a Ninja, silently and without anyone knowing they're even there. We only find out his target when it's too late...
