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Wenger failed with a deadline bid for Toulouse midfielder Etienne Capoue but is also actively watching other targets and requested a report on Wanyama from Tuesday night’s Champions League match against Juventus.
Wanyama became the first Kenyan to appear in the Scottish Premier League when he joined Celtic in 2011 and has particularly impressed this season during the club’s progress to the last 16 of the Champions League.
After the summer sale of Alex Song to Barcelona, Wenger is mindful of having become over reliant on Mikel Arteta in the holding role although he has been encouraged by Aaron Ramsey’s recent performances there.
A striker and a right-back are the other priorities this summer, particularly with Bacary Sagna’s increasingly uncertain future.
One player who intends to stay, however, is third choice left-back Andre Santos. The Brazilian has joined Gremio on loan until the end of the season but, even after the January acquisition of Nacho Monreal, is keep to fight for his place. Santos’s contract runs until 2015. Sebastian Squillaci and Andrei Arshavin fall into that category but will finally be out of contract this summer. – BBC Sport.
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