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Arsenal Close To Completing Stunning €58m Double Swoop? – Report

By mac14 on June 14, 2014

According to reports today, Arsenal are close to completing a stunning €58m double swoop for AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli and Brazilian forward Hulk.

Arsene Wenger has been handed a transfer kitty of around £100m this summer and strengthening our attacking options is the bosses main priority as we have been heavily reliant on Olivier Giroud up front over the past two seasons.

Several names have been linked with a move and reports last week suggested we had seen a €33m (£26.5m) bid accepted by Zenit Saint Petersburg for versatile attacker Hulk. I saw whispers on Twitter that claimed these reports were false, however, CaughtOffside are now claiming that a deal is in fact close and we’ve held positive talks with the players representatives over a move to north London.

The outlet goes on to suggest that we are also closing in on the €25m (£20m) signing of AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli with the club hopeful of sealing the stunning €58m (£46.5m) double deal over the coming weeks.

Balotelli has been strongly linked with a move in recent weeks as the 23-year-old is expected to leave AC Milan this summer after receiving racial abuse back in Italy last season, and a return to the Premier League seems likely.

However, as exciting as this report is, CaughtOffside haven’t got the best reputation for bringing us reliable information so I’m going to take what they say with a pinch of salt for now. It sounds to me like they may have simply taken newspaper speculation and made their own ‘exclusive’ about a double deal, with very little substantiation behind it.

Obviously I hope there is some truth behind it all, as Balotelli and Hulk would both be excellent signings, but I’m not going to be getting too excited just yet….

63 Comments

Kevin

June 14, 2014 at 2:20 pm

Stop recycling utter drivel. Caught offside is about as reliable as Alex Song.
Sue

June 14, 2014 at 2:23 pm

How many players is that now?……..
Big Gooner

June 14, 2014 at 2:23 pm

Have to agree caughtoffsde as reliable as a Japanese ref at the world cup
Godwyn

June 14, 2014 at 2:25 pm

Yea right but need 2 more germans
Paci

June 14, 2014 at 2:35 pm

Go for Hulk Di Maria &Cuadrado
graham

June 14, 2014 at 2:38 pm

Hulk hmmmm overrated in my opinion,never thought much of him,so the speculation of all this is just c–p give us some true facts.
kevin

June 14, 2014 at 2:49 pm

lets hop its true it will be great we need an establushed right back and a cm too before the end of wc
jojo

June 14, 2014 at 2:52 pm

arsene buy players pls and stop fake from d pepper
Cupsui

June 14, 2014 at 2:53 pm

Its not that caught offside havent got the best reputation it’s that they have no reputation. If I ever see an article by them I avoid it for a reason. Have they ever got one of their fantastical Rumours true?
Breezy..

June 14, 2014 at 3:04 pm

I hope the news isn’t fake
Breezy..

June 14, 2014 at 3:07 pm

How come only caughtoffside knows about the news..
silentstan

June 14, 2014 at 3:11 pm

so you are takingit with a pinchof salt after running a article on it. just stfu
Dara Mac Lochlainn

June 14, 2014 at 3:13 pm

About the only website that is actually caught offside every single transfer window Ballotelli is possible but no chance of Hulk signing. We need someone at the back,even before Sagna left and a quality keeper. I sincerely hope Arsene has something up his sleeve, I actually believe he does. COYG
Monsiano

June 14, 2014 at 3:29 pm

You people should help us with truth. For this one there’s nothing to believe here my fellow arsenal fans, but i think arsene must help us this season.
John

June 14, 2014 at 3:31 pm

Your source is caughtoffside? Shame on you. How to lose all credibility and your readership. Bye.
Ejike Morrison

June 14, 2014 at 3:34 pm

Fake….. Fake news all over coughtoffside because they aint no truth about their news and Wenger is very dull in every transfer market whereby is waintinq for an average player to buy after the worldcup and while others keep signinq the best i wonder when wenger will learn is lessons…..!
Goongoonergone

June 14, 2014 at 3:43 pm

Are you Caught Offside in disguise?
Emmanuel

June 14, 2014 at 3:44 pm

CaughtOffside!? this is April fool mid June. pls forget CaughtOffside, they are very unreliable.
David

June 14, 2014 at 4:02 pm

Getting bored of all this transfer talk, we aren’t signing anyone till after me Wenger does his tv bit… So if say 6weeks . Which seems more important to him, thank the team ……
phiri

June 14, 2014 at 4:26 pm

i will go for cuadrado
goodyp

June 14, 2014 at 4:44 pm

My Arsenal faithfull’s. Hi!. What I think is Wenger will sign but not untill July 1first.. But why is the media linking players to Arsenal without consulting from Wenger.. That’s the beauty of Wenger.. The media can’t predict his though’s.. Let support Arsenal and give our support to our manager and stop being childish.. If you don’t like Arsenal transfer policies is better you join and support chelski or better still Man c…
- gooner4life
  
  June 14, 2014 at 7:04 pm
  
  Absolutely Wenger is so secretive no one knows what’s he’s thinking let’s support the club we are ARSENAL 😀
iain

June 14, 2014 at 6:05 pm

Drivel- Wenger was slating hulk on the french coverage of the Brazil game and quoted him as useless as a main striker..
TAIWO ORIYOMI

June 14, 2014 at 6:41 pm

I will be excited to see hulk,baloteli& cuardrado in our attack next season
Me

June 14, 2014 at 6:54 pm

Anyone who really believes this recycled garbage needs their heads examined…
Maurine

June 14, 2014 at 7:25 pm

I hope this news is true coz am yearning for our past glory again and please bring Jackson Martinez to pair with balloteli or Remy or even Vela
Goonerbeall

June 14, 2014 at 7:43 pm

Come on guys? One moment Grazidis is telling us Wenger has budget juggling which means limited and now you are telling Pure Lies.
washington

June 14, 2014 at 8:41 pm

Bring back carlos vela and we need Ashley Williums from Swansea
adesanmi taiwo taofeek

June 14, 2014 at 8:51 pm

Prof Wenger we need keeper,right bck,defensive midfelder lik khedera or gustavo nd quality striker
miriti jackson

June 14, 2014 at 8:56 pm

buying teams have already bought like of chelsea
Ahmed

June 14, 2014 at 9:41 pm

Wenger go and bey us player we
need dose guys but i did lake hulk truly i said my maid. because he dont hv the qulity that we need in our tim