adminLONDON. — Arsene Wenger is finally preparing to spend, spend, spend until the end of the transfer market.
Wenger has got big targets in his sights, with Real Madrid pair Karim Benzema and Angel Di Maria at the top of his hit-list.Newcastle’s Yohan Cabaye, Sevilla midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia and Valencia keeper Vicente Guaita are there, too. The Gunners also seem certain to re-sign Mathieu Flamini – currently back training with the club he served from 2004-08 after his AC Milan contract expired — as a utility man capable of covering both full-back positions as well as midfield.
Arsenal are set to go back to Newcastle with a £16million offer for France midfielder Cabaye, who wants Champions League football but would prefer a move to French champions Paris Saint-Germain.
Meanwhile, Arsenal could sell Lukas Podolski after Schalke became the latest club to come in for the Germany forward, following earlier enquiries from Bundesliga sides Wolfsburg, Borussia Dortmund and Turkey’s Galatasaray.
Podolski has been on the bench for the Gunners’ first two games of the season and feels uncertain of his future at the club.
But the Londoners would be unwilling to sell the 28-year-old – bought from Cologne for £11m a year ago — unless they A) Got their money back and B) Also brought in a top-class replacement, as they are already short of players.
It all leaves Wenger facing another last-minute trolley dash — but this one could be of epic proportions
While, two years ago, the Frenchman was shopping in Primark, he is now going wild in the aisles of Harrods as the club has pledged to back him to the tune of £70million-plus.
Arsenal’s top brass are acutely aware that the fans are screaming out for a big-name striker, and France international Benzema is now their prime target, having seen efforts for Luis Suarez, Wayne Rooney and Gonzalo Higuain all fall away. — The Mirror.
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