adminLONDON . — Fiorentina are hoping to take advantage of Mikel Arteta’s contract stand-off at Arsenal by taking the 32-year-old midfielder to Italian Serie A.
The Italians have targeted Arteta as they plan major changes this summer with two on-loan players Anderson (Man Utd) and Modibo Diakite (Sunderland) due to the return to their English Premier League clubs and a third loanee Alessandro Matri heading back to AC Milan. Arteta was in the Arsenal side that captured the FA Cup last weekend, their first trophy for nine years but has only 12 months left on his contract and has hit out at the club’s policy of only offering one-year extensions to players aged over 30.
He said earlier this week: “I don’t value players by age. For me, a much bigger asset is someone who has played 125 games in three years compared to someone who played 25, if he is 20-years-old.” — Mailonline.
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