There has been interest from Arsenal in Sami Khedira of Real Madrid, Williams Carvalho of Sporting Lisbon, Lars Bender of Bayern Leverkusen, Cheick Tiote of New castle and Morgan Schneiderlin of Southampton. (goonersden.com)
To lose the combative presence of Tiote in the middle of the park, as well as the scoring prowess of Demba Ba, is huge and will naturally have an adverse affect on their forthcoming results. (football-bookmakers.com)
One player that will not be coming to join Arsenal however, according to a Daily Mail report, is the tough tackling Newcastle and Ivory Coast international midfielder Chieck Tiote. (justarsenal.com)