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Arsenal favourites to sign midfielder in £18m deal – reports

By on February 25, 2016

The Daily Star are reporting that Arsenal are favourites to complete an £18.3m deal to sign Inter Milan midfielder Marcelo Brozovic this summer.

The Croatian international has long been linked with a move to the Emirates and we were reportedly keen when he left Dinamo Zagreb last January.

The 23-year-old ended up moving to Inter Milan on a one-and-a-half-year loan deal which included an obligation for the Italians to make the move permanent this summer.

However, it looks like the midfielder’s time in Serie A is going to come to a premature end as the Daily Star are citing reports coming out of Italy that claim Inter are keen to cash in immediately and have informed interested clubs of his availability.

Brozovic has attracted interest from several top clubs throughout Europe but the newspaper says the he’s certain to come to the Premier League with Arsenal understood to be in pole position ahead of the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea to secure a deal.

Inter have supposedly lined-up Manchester City’s Yaya Toure or Monaco’s Joao Moutinho as a potential replacement with the Star suggesting they will sell Brozovic to Arsenal for £18.3m in order to finance their transfer plans.

We’ve only recently brought in Mohamed Elneny from Basel but with Mikel Arteta, Mathieu Flamini and Tomas Rosicky all set to leave when their contracts expire in June, we’ll certainly need to bring in another central midfielder.

Brozovic would be an interesting option and he does have plenty of potential, however, I’d prefer to see us go for someone like Victor Wanyama this summer. We need a real midfield powerhouse and Wanyama has bags of Premier League experience, so he’d be my first choice target ahead of the likes of Brozovic.

2 Comments

  1. Hashim

    February 26, 2016 at 1:19 am

    Arsenal already have two defensive midfielders in Coquelin and Elneny, and have the young Isaac Hayden in their ranks as well. Wilshere is also one who can play in the deep midfield role. Arsenal would be better off signing someone in the mould of Rosicky and Cazorla, a player like Isco, who can contribute more in the attacking third and also score goals.

  2. dutch

    March 7, 2016 at 10:20 am

    yamarlenko,icardi,bender,koke or kroose good replacement