When asked about
the chance of a swap deal, according to football.london, Wenger replied simply: «No.»
It remains to be seen whether # 45 million will be enough to tempt the Reds into selling the 20 - year - old as they want # 50 million up front [via Telegraph Sport] and have reportedly rejected
the chance of a swap deal involving some of City's fringe players [via Express Sport].
Not exact matches
The report states that this means Bale could threaten any
chance of Hazard moving to Madrid in a
swap deal as the 28 - year - old does not want to ruin his reputation with Spurs fans by joining one
of their major London rivals.
According to a report in the Times, the Gunners were keen on taking the French striker rather than Mhki: «It is understood that Martial was disappointed at not having the
chance to discuss a move to Arsenal in January, when the London club raised the possibility
of including the forward in the
swap deal that led to Henrikh Mkhitaryan leaving Old Trafford instead.»
The first move was to send outfielder Matt Joyce to the Angels for reliever Kevin Jepsen, but that was just a prelude to the big
swap of December: former Rookie
of the Year Wil Myers is probably going to be on the Padres soon, and thanks to a
deal that has a
chance at being huge.