The Gunners have been strongly linked to the 27 - year - old throughout the summer, and
as the transfer window comes to a head they could be about to make a move.
The deal which is set to go through as soon
as the transfer window opens on January 1st, will set the Reds a cool # 75 million quids back and will make the 26 - year - old the most expensive defender ever.
As
far as this transfer window is concern if wenger fails to buy players for the two obvious positions i.e striker and defensive midfielder, then he is no more the right man for ARSENAL.
We have some talented players in the U21 squads, they should have been getting game
time as the transfer window is quite a few games away and more injuries were bound to happen.
Liverpool may have weathered the storm for the time being, but it seems Messi is determined for Barca to try again for Coutinho as soon
as the transfer window re-opens in the middle of the season, according to Diario Gol.
Despite rumours of around # 90million being offered, Lemar has remained in France, even enjoying a wonderful performance for Les Bleus
as the transfer window wound shut.
He responded by not saying anything and speeding off, as per the report, with Bild left to question what the answer will be in the coming days
as the transfer window edges closer to shutting.
As the transfer window begins to heat up, much of the speculation surrounds in - comings and it's sometimes forgotten that players have to make way.
Both Premier League teams have been strongly linked with interest in Eriksen for much of the summer, and were thought to be ready to battle it out once again for his
signature as the transfer window draws to a close.
Gazidis has always penny pinched, we can highlight Gazidis as the changing
factor as the transfer window just before he joined Wenger splashed the cash and bought Arshavin for a record transfer fee (club record) and he payed over the odds for Nasri who had just signed a new contract with his previous club.
Linked with a stunning # 45.8 m move to Arsenal this summer, Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema would be well worth the money in this hugely exciting move that seems increasingly
likely as the transfer window goes on.
Alexis Sanchez is yet to feature for us because of a supposed injury, and we all fear that the injury is a cover -
up as the transfer window rumbles over, but he would most certainly be starting in each match if he wasn't part of this contract saga.
Some of us are confident of us making a league challenge, going so far as to say other teams are quaking in their boots because we signed Cech and our finish to last season, but
as the transfer window stretches on it turns into anxious pleas, «why won't Wegner sign anyone».
I won't properly
criticise as the transfer window hasn't shut yet, but I fully expect to have an unbalanced, and injury ravaged squad, before a ball is even kicked!
Tottenham will prefer to sell permanently as there is unlikely to be a future for Sissoko at the club, but they may have to take what they can
get as the transfer window closure edges closure.
It's crunch time in La
Liga as the transfer window nears its close; a final opportunity for Spanish clubs to fine - tune and finalise and their squads.
On the plus side it might help attract a better manager... then again,
as the transfer window doesn't open until start july, we will still have the same team that done so well in the second half of the season (but without song, jenkinson & anyone else who's contract runs out) Hopefully we will have renewed hope & all the players don't mind not having a rest this summer.
The North London giants were amongst the quietest clubs in English football this summer after having not made a signing
of as the transfer window's end approached.
But the humor is an measly balm on an open wound, once again as we cradle our broken
appendages as the transfer window has shut itself yet again on our collective willies.
What worrys me the most is that this is Wengers roundabout smoke and mirrors way of saying that he is NOT going to buy another defensive midfielder, or at least that's the way I'm reading it, Arsene Wenger has a long term strategy as
far as the transfer window is concerned and he is always saying things months in advance that he can then backtrack to when he is criticized and Ill bet this is no exception.
I am focused on the next game and as
long as the transfer window is open, it's not always the case, so it's more a difficulty on the mental front than on the working front.
However,
as the transfer window enters its final fortnight, there are many players who haven't yet got the moves they wanted and are therefore now perhaps inclined to lower their expectations in order to avoid another term of doing nothing.
PSG spent # 199million on Neymar in the summer and the South American is now their undisputed attacker, with speculation growing that Cavani could be sold as soon
as the transfer window re-opens in the winter.
Whilst earlier reports claimed that the newly - crowned La Liga champions will be looking to do business for around # 10.8 million for the Spanish international, the Daily Telegraph suggest that the player has been offered to Arsenal for a cut - price # 7 million, with a view to sell him as
soon as the transfer window opens, giving them ample time to find a suitable replacement.