The Croatia international is due to leave the Nerazzurri this summer just two years after his arrival from German
club Wolfsburg.
The talented 23 - year old is currently on the books of the German
club Wolfsburg, who are notoriously difficult to deal with and are helped in this attitude by their serious financial backing.
Even though the Daily Mail report on the topic contains comments from Klaus Allofs, who is the sporting director of the German star's current
club Wolfsburg, dismissing the suggestion that he could be sold in January, the player himself has restated his wish to leave.
He is now playing for German
club Wolfsburg where he will try and rebuild a reputation that was destroyed after a highly unsuccessful spell in England.
The reason I expect to know in the next week whether he will be an Arsenal player next season is that his release clause with the Bundesliga
club Wolfsburg runs out next Friday and as reported by Metro their sporting director Klaus Allofs has made it clear that the price will only go up after that.
There seems to be a bit of a stand off developing between the Arsenal transfer target Julian Draxler and his current
club Wolfsburg, set off this week by comments from the German Bundesliga club declaring that their player is not for sale and will not be sold this summer.
As reported by the BBC, he spoke about our club just a few months ago after signing for PSG from the German
club Wolfsburg in January, revealing that Arsenal had previously shown interest although not in that particular transfer window.
Arsenal hopes of signing the talented forward seemed to have gone when he moved instead to another German
club Wolfsburg in the summer of 2015 but were raised again this summer when it came out that Draxler was pushing for a transfer away after just one season, but his club stood firm and refused.
Podolski wasn't even on the bench against Everton, and there is a staunch speculation that the German could leave Emirates, and join Bundesliga
club Wolfsburg — a move that could be used to bring Brazilian midfielder, Luis Gustavo to Arsenal.
Bundesliga
club Wolfsburg are ready to pay # 23m for forward Andre Schurrle, 24, but Chelsea want # 30m --(Daily Mail)
I doubt whether Wenger is too keen on this, so the report in The Express about the Bundesliga
club Wolfsburg also being keen on Podolski could be the perfect solution for us.
Just a few days ago we heard from Klaus Allofs, the sporting director of Draxler's current
club Wolfsburg, suggested that there was a good chance that the Bundesliga outfit could be parting company with the exciting young attacking player but now The Mirror is reporting that Allofs has performed a speedy u-turn and declared that there is no chance whatsoever of Draxler leaving.
Not exact matches
Arsenal target and German star Julien Draxler has told his current side
Wolfsburg that he is ready to move on from the
club and wants to leave this summer.
http://www.espnfc.co.uk/story/2887239/wolfsburgs-ricardo-rodriguez-keen-on-arsenal-move «
Wolfsburg left - back Ricardo Rodriguez has said he expects to leave the
club this summer and that it would be «exciting» to join Switzerland teammate Granit Xhaka at Arsenal.»
The Daily Mail are reporting that Draxler has told
club officials he wants to move on, with
Wolfsburg not really been the competitive
club he desires.
Wolfsburg boss Dieter Hecking says that Manchester United target Kevin De Bruyne will remain at his current
club for at least another season.
The Bosnian international has his moments, but has not looked worth the # 27m the
club paid
Wolfsburg for him.
A transfer saga that has dragged on for much of the summer,
Wolfsburg star Kevin De Bruyne is surely closer to joining Manchester City as the Bundesliga
club resign themselves to letting him go.
City's
club - record signing, BBC Sport claim Kevin De Bruyne cost the Sky Blues # 55m to bring in from
Wolfsburg back in the summer of 2015.
Whether or not # 12m proves enough to convince the Premier League champions to let him go remains to be seen, but there is a chance the former
Wolfsburg man's days at the
club are numbered.
Bayern Munich are resigned to losing Mandzukic, who will not be happy to play second fiddle to incoming Pole Robert Lewandowski, the Borussia Dortmund man having already agreed a move to the Allianz Arena, and the North London
club are ready to offer # 25m for the former
Wolfsburg man.
German forward Andre Schurrle wasn't even named in Mourinho's squad for the Bantams clash but is nonetheless «poised» to leave the
club with
Wolfsburg ready to pay # 23m for the World Cup winner.
I think only barca real or Bayern can tempt those players away from leicester, they would give at least a year to the
club, but season after that they will move onto other
club depending on their form next season.As for arsenal transfer i wouldn't want to listen to rumours as most of the times these rumours are just utter garbage.i want a certain rumour about
Wolfsburg signing giroud to be true.Anyways if our idiotic manager has some sense left in him after an embarrassing season he should get a premium striker which the
club needed for past 4 years.He need to put his ego aside and his old philosophy of waiting for players to develop.We need already established players in every department of our team.Penny pinching has cost us just pay the damn money get the players.I get the feeling next season is going to be harder and we have less chance of winning cause man city have had 2 seasons without premier league and guardiola is gonna bring more quality and hunger to that team.
Chelsea have been added to the growing list of
clubs vying for Embolo's transfer — a list that also includes Manchester United, Barcelona, VfL
Wolfsburg and Juventus.
The rise in popularity of eSports has led to top European football
clubs such as PSG, Roma, Ajax and
Wolfsburg creating their own teams to compete in this virtual arena.
The
clubs spent most of the summer haggling over a fee for the Bosnia international before City walked away from the deal because of the disparity in what they were willing to pay, around # 25m to # 30m, and
Wolfsburg's valuation of # 45m.
«After the
club made the decision [not to allow a move] I have been getting back to fully focusing on VfL
Wolfsburg and the season ahead.
Bendtner on the other hand is completely without a
club, a free agent, after being released last season from
Wolfsburg, a year before his contract was due to end.
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Wolfsburg wish to make it absolutely clear that at no time did those responsible at the
club make either written nor oral commitments on the transfer of Julian Draxler within the current transfer period, which is due to end on August 31st, 2016.
Wolfsburg announced: «VfL
Wolfsburg wish to make it absolutely clear at no time did those responsible at the
club make either written nor oral commitments on the transfer of Julian Draxler within the current transfer period, all which is due to end on August, 2016.
Now it looks like this move could finally happen as the 22 year - old has spoken out in public about his desire to leave
Wolfsburg and insists that the Bundesliga side agreed that they would enter talks, if an offer from a «top international
club» came along.
The player in question is the young German star Matthias Ginter of Borussia Dortmund and the other
club chasing his # 10 million transfer is the Bundesliga outfit
Wolfsburg.
According to Draxler's quotes in the article, the German international has made it very clear to the board at
Wolfsburg that he wishes to leave the
club this summer.
The Dane has become somewhat of a cult hero with his antics off the pitch, but after leaving
Wolfsburg at the end of last season, he has been without a
club since.
The Gunners supposedly turned down the opportunity to sign the German, before he then made the move to fellow Bundesliga side
Wolfsburg, the current
club with which he plys his trade.
This Draxler has that bandy legs «RVP» swagger about him and its funny how no one is mentioning his loyalty to
Wolfsburg, after just ONE season at the
club!?
They are one point ahead of PSV Eindhoven and
Wolfsburg, and three ahead of bottom
club CSKA Moscow.
The
club statement from Sporting Director Klaus Allofs last Tuesday suggested that
Wolfsburg may be open to the sale of their star man up front, if the right offer is made.
It appears that it has not taken long for representatives of Arsenal Football
Club and The England international star Theo Walcott to come to an agreement over the terms of a new contract, even though the 26 - year old refused to shed any light on the situation after scoring the only goal of the game against
Wolfsburg in the Emirates Cup today.
A
club like Everton or even a foreign
club like
Wolfsburg or Villarreal might be a good fit for him.
The German international has fallen out with his
club, as confirmed by
Wolfsburg's general manager, and he has also conceded that the situation could result in his exit.
He arrived at the City of Manchester Stadium from Bundesliga
club Vfl
Wolfsburg in 2011, going on to play more than 100 Premier League games in a sky blue shirt.
The German international made his intentions to leave
Wolfsburg clear, and the
club's fans moved to boo and jeer him during recent appearances, forcing the
club to follow through with intentions to let their star player leave the
club.
Of course Liverpool will, like many other top
clubs this summer, be tempted by approaching the German tactician after he took charge of his final game with Borussia Dortmund yesterday, a 3 - 1 defeat to
Wolfsburg in the German cup final to cap a disappointing season at the Westfalenstadion, but there are signs in recent years that he might not be all he's cracked up to be.
Chelsea are considering a surprise move to bring
Wolfsburg midfielder Kevin de Bruyne, 23, back to the
club --(Sportwereld — in Flemish)
Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Zenit Saint Petersburg, Lokomotiv Moscow,
Wolfsburg, and Schalke are the other
clubs chasing him as he looks set to spark a mad transfer scramble in the upcoming January transfer window.
It has both big name
clubs, with Liverpool and Inter Milan both featuring in Monday's draw, and some of the continent's most enterprising and attacking young teams in the likes of Vfl
Wolfsburg and Everton.
Chelsea signed De Bruyne in January 2014, but allowed him to leave for
Wolfsburg two years later having only afforded him two Premier League starts to try to prove himself at the London
club.
Wolfsburg boss Dieter Hecking has told Manchester United that in demand midfielder Kevin De Bruyne will stay with the
club for another season at least, meaning they will have to temporarily shelve their transfer plans for the time being, the Daily Express reports.
According to the Daily Mirror, sources close to
Wolfsburg think it will take at least # 33 million to make Everton consider selling, but the
club are more than willing to pay that much to secure his services.