Is Wayne Rooney being used as a smokescreen by Arsene Wenger?

With all the media hype after Arsene Wenger hinted he would sign Wayne Rooney If he could, is the England and Manchester United striker just a diversion whilst he looks elsewhere?
On the matter of Arsenal signing Rooney in general, I am somewhat on the fence whether it would be a brilliant bit of business on Arsene’s behalf, or in fact a waste on funds on a player who can go through bad patches, albeit form wise or goal scoring.

My ideal England midfield

With the recent friendlies against Ireland and Brazil now gone, we as a footballing nation are far off the pace set by the other top nations, and I think one factor is our midfield, here’s my opinion on it.