Arsenal Table €23m Bid For Lars Bender

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Some interesting news eminating from Germany this afternoon Gooners with Arsenal believed to have submitted a record €23million (£19.7million) bid for Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Lars Bender.

The Mirror have picked up on the reports, which I believe stem from the German Express newspaper, which claims Leverkusen have rejected the huge offer out of hand, insisting the 24-year-old midfielder is not for sale this summer.

Bender has been hugely impressive for Leverksen since joining from 1860 Munich back in 2009 and enjoyed an excellent season in the Bundesliga last year, earning rave reviews for his displays at the centre of midfield and he’s also managed to break into the German international team, earning 14 caps so far.

But with his contract running until 2017 and Leverkusen already losing Andre Schurrle to Chelsea and right-back Dani Carvajal to Real Madrid, the German outfit have made it clear they have no intention of selling any more first team players and that includes Bender.

If these reports are accurate, it’s another example of Arsenal at least showing signs of ambition in the transfer market this summer. We’ve read reports of a £22m deal for Gonzalo Higuain, a possible £20m+ bid for Wayne Rooney, weighting up whether to activate Marouane Fellaini’s £22m release clause and now we’ve apparently bid nearly £20m for Bender.

It’s all very exciting and it seems certain we’ll break our transfer record at least once this summer, but unfortunately no deal has been completed yet so we’ll just have to sit tight and be patient. A big deal is just around the corner Gooners, I can feel it!

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Would you like to see Bender come to Arsenal? Would it be £20m well spent?

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7 Comments

1. 

   Gab

   July 1, 2013 at 2:43 pm

   We fans don’t wana rumours again, all we want is hugain, fellani, rooney,julis ceaser

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2. 

   m.j

   July 1, 2013 at 3:04 pm

   Wenger is so naive in transfer that he could not even wrap up the dealing of 33 year old julio ceaser without rumble. Chronically disgusting

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3. 

   George Warkaka

   July 1, 2013 at 3:06 pm

   pls forget about Lars Bender and give us Fellaini.

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4. 

   gideon

   July 1, 2013 at 3:52 pm

   we are sick and tired of all these rumours, all we need is for him is to bring in fellaini, julio ceaser and higuain before they are been snap by other club…..ugh

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5. 

   Salieu Amara James

   July 2, 2013 at 12:11 pm

   We are tired of ur scoutings. All the coaches are waiting 4 u 2 scout n they sign. All we want 2 hear is official signings of Higuan, Fellani, cesar,Rooney, a good dribler capable of acurate passes, n williams, 4 competition in the team. Thanks…

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6. 

   noel henrico

   July 2, 2013 at 1:10 pm

   Wenger,we know ur exllence in making scouting over players,so we need official signing of higuain,fellain,ceser,williams,rooney…thanx is all about

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7. 

   harbiourlar

   July 5, 2013 at 10:16 pm

   what we need is 2 gv us rooney .fellaini.julio cesar.wiliams.higuain 4get about dat 4ucking rumours.gunarz til i dead

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