It is believed that Medel has a release clause in his contract which has been triggered by the club's relegation, and it is now thought that Turkish giants Besiktas, along with La Liga duo Valencia and Malaga are all keeping
tabs on the defensive midfield ace.
Wenger is a self - confessed attacker Uiv - V») L@rally spends little on defHnx 9 (ambers and mustafi exceptions) tends to spend the
least on defensive midfielders, goalkeepers and defenders Spends more on attacking central midfielders and forwards (ie alexis, ozil, xhaka)
If someone told you Arsene was going to spend over thirty
mil on a defensive midfielder you would probably ask them do they know where their nose ends.
Not happy seeing Liv spend 80m on a CB and
50m on a defensive midfielder while we are having a desperate glance towards our academy and are maybe gonna spend because we have players running contract down.
If he goes and spends # 20 million on a striker and the
same on a defensive midfielder, however, he will have covered his back and also covered us in case of an injury crisis.
Anyone who had not really been watching the Arsenal games all that closely this season and then watched us blow Aston Villa away in the FA cup final yesterday could have been forgiven for thinking that Arsene Wenger had finally seen
sense on the defensive midfield situation and spent some big money in the summer or January transfer windows.
He will not spend decent
money on a defensive midfielder or a proven quality central midfielder but will risk # 35 million on an unproven player like Xhaka.
The return of Ozil has seen the CAM position recently taken by him and pushed Cazorla to the B2B role
on defensive midfield.
I am happy he is with us but I would have spent that money
on a defensive midfielder or striker Was it wise to pay # 16 million on Welbeck, # 17 million on Lucas when we had Alexis and Giroud?
Wenger does not like to spend big
on defensive midfielders.
For example, he has been extremely stubborn when its come to spending
on a defensive midfielder.