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Transfer Talk: Thursday 30th June

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Ins

  1. Gervinho is thought to be having a medical in North London this week.

  2. Arsène Wenger also close to signing Ricardo Alvarez from Vélez Sársfield.

  3. Blackburn desperately trying to convince Christopher Samba to stay at Ewood Park.

  4. Juan Mata wants to win another trophy with Valencia before he leaves.

  5. Thiago Alcantara has signed a contract extension at Barcelona (so he definitely he won’t be coming to Arsenal).

Outs

  1. Manchester United considering £20 million offer for Samir Nasri.

  2. Man City, Liverpool and PSG all want Gaël Clichy, but Arsène Wenger remains confident that he will sign a contract extension.

  3. Nobody wants Neves Denilson…

  4. Wenger has turned down a £10 million bid from an unnamed Turkish club for Abou Diaby.

  5. Barcelona will continue their pursuit of Cesc Fabregas with £35 million offer (+ £5 million when Barca reach their win targets).

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Arsenal transfer news update

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It seems increasingly likely that Alvarez and Gervinho are set to join Jenkinson in Arsenal’s squad for next season, as reports are circulating that the two players will sign for around £10-12 million each.

The Samba saga is still ongoing, with the news that Blackburn will have to pay 15% of any transfer fee to the defender’s previous club, Hertha Berlin. Any transfer is likely to be in the region of £11-12 million.

News on Benzema and Falcao is falling away, it seems that both rumours were never really anything more than rumours! I’d guess that both names were created in a media frenzy of ‘who do Arsenal need.’

Other notable rumours:

Defenders: G.Cahill, Vertonghen, Mertesacker, Baines, Sakho

Midfielders: Fellaini, Barton (yuck!), Parker

Attackers: Taarabt, Gameiro, Hazard, Defoe

Outs

It seems that Denilson and Bendtner are already on their way out of the club. Shakhtar are supposedly on Denilson’s radar. The big Dane has recently ruled out a move to Zenit, saying that he wouldn’t want to move to the Russian league. Apparently, big European clubs including Bayern Munich are aiming to sign Bendtner, but I don’t see it myself.

Clichy, Nasri and Fabregas are on the ‘maybe’ list. Gael has been linked with Roma and Liverpool. Nasri has been repeatedly linked with Utd, and rumours are surfacing that Sir Alex is set to bid somewhere in the region of £20 million. Obviously, Fabregas will be linked with Barcelona for the rest of the summer. Some reports indicate that Cesc would consider paying £5 million in order to force Arsenal to let him leave.

Other notable rumours:

Goalkeepers: Almunia

Defenders: Eboue

Midfielders: Rosicky

Attackers: Vela, Arshavin

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Arsenal close in on star striker

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Gervinho

Lille have confirmed that the club will hold talks with Arsenal over the proposed sale of striker Gervinho within the coming weeks. 24-year-old Gervinho was one of Lille’s most important player’s during an extraordinary season in which they won the French league title and domestic cup. However, it seems that Gervinho, whose contract expires next summer, has decided that the coming transfer window would be an appropriate time to move to a bigger European club.

Arsenal have always been favourites to land him ahead of the likes of Newcastle, Manchester City, Tottenham and Liverpool – who are all thought to be interested in signing him over the summer. Last week, many of the tabloids reported that Lille turned down an offer from Spurs, but it has now emerged that Arsenal have entered into negotiations with the attacker.

Speaking on French radio station RMC, Lille general director Frederic Paquet revealed that the Ivory Coast international is already in advanced talks with the club:

“He [Gervinho] wants to leave the club and is in advanced talks with Arsenal.

“We have developed contacts with Arsenal. We will soon discuss with them to see what they want. He has expressed his desire to move to England. We’ll see what happens now.

“Paris Saint-Germain have made an enquiry, but we have no intention of selling to domestic rivals. Gervinho chose to leave for England, so that limits the options. We will soon meet with Arsenal and see what they offer. He clearly is a player of value.”

Paquet also revealed that Lille have reached an agreement with their other star striker Eden Hazard, who will most likely remain at the club for at least one more season. Arsenal had been linked with a move for Hazard, but Lille made it clear that they would only let one of their strikers leave this summer. Gervinho was always the most likely of the two to leave the club after refusing to sign a contract extension.

“Today it’s clear, and we’ve agreed with the player [Hazard]. We want to be together next season. On the other side, it would be a lie to say that we would not be made to think by an indecent sum. There are no numbers.”

Arsène Wenger is thought to have been a long-time admirer of Gervinho; it is widely believed that the club had made an offer Gervinho while he was playing for K.S.K. Beveren in Belgium during the 2006/07 season (before he transfered to Le Mans). The statement from Paquet means that this transfer is looking even more likely. There is no reason for Gervinho to move to any of the other Premier League clubs he has been linked with because none of them offer Champions League football (except for Man City), which he would have access to if he were to stay at Lille.

Athough the purchase of Gervinho would be a great signing for the club, Arsène Wenger must follow it up with other quality signings. One player alone is not enough to carry the club forward, no matter how great a potential he may have. Hopefully this signing will be the first of many as Wenger looks to rebuild the squad and prepares to mount a serious title challenge next season.

Likeliness rating: 4.5/5

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