Arsenal ‘In Talks’ With Agent, Player Wants £80k Contract – Report

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According to reports today, Arsenal are in talks with the agent of Cheick Tiote about a potential £9m move from Newcastle this month.

The Express are claiming that despite the emergence of Francis Coquelin in recent weeks, Arsene Wenger is still looking to sign an experienced defensive midfielder and it seems we’ve renewed our interest in long-term target Tiote.

The newspaper suggests that the players representatives made it clear he wanted a three-and-a-half year deal worth £80,000 a week during negotiations and we’re now contemplating putting in a £9m bid.

Tiote claimed back in November that we had enquired about his services but he’s currently away at the African Cup of Nations with Ivory Coast so he wouldn’t be available until next month even if a deal was agreed.

However, I personally think the Express’s report is nothing more than idle speculation and I don’t see the boss bringing in any defensive midfielder this month, and certainly not Tiote.

We announced the signing of holding midfielder Krystian Bielik earlier today and Coquelin’s impressive form is sure to have caught the eye of the manager, so I think we’ll go until the end of the season with the options we have.

Only time will tell if that’s the right call but for me, the only other signing we’ll make it a central defender with Gabriel Paulista the most likely to arrive.

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4 Comments

1. 

   rellends

   January 21, 2015 at 5:25 pm

   to be honest i’d rather give coquelin a go. all tiote does is run around fouling people and getting booked – he’s just an upgraded version of frimpong. waste of 80k week if you ask me.

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2. 

   oriyomi taiwo

   January 21, 2015 at 6:56 pm

   I go with u guy tiote is nt what we need we should add gabriel paulista wit d arrival of krystain bielik till next season

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3. 

   jameelu

   January 22, 2015 at 5:49 am

   defence Mitfende

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4. 

   jameelu

   January 22, 2015 at 5:51 am

   midfielder

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