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Arsenal Held Talks With Agent Last Week Ahead Of €8m January Deal

By on October 20, 2014

Reports suggest that Arsenal have held initial talks over a potential €8m deal for Dinamo Zagreb midfielder Marcelo Brozovic.

We were linked with the 21-year-old last week after his agent, Miroslav Bicanic, confirmed he is due to hold formal face-to-face negotiations with Arsenal officials in November.

However, the Daily Mail claim that we’ve stepped up our pursuit and held initial talks with Bicanic last Thursday after Inter Milan made a £3.5m offer.

The bid was rejected by Zagreb as it falls short of their €8m (£6.4m) valuation but the Italians are expected to come back with a fresh proposal so Arsene Wenger was keen to progress his interest and has shown he’s more willing to meet the Croatians asking price.

Brozovic is a versatile midfielder who made his name as an attacker but has recently moved back in to a more defensive role so Arsene may see him as the answer to our defensive midfield problems.

Mathieu Flamini’s limitations have been badly exposed in recent weeks while Mikel Arteta doesn’t have the mobility or physical presence we need either, so a new holding player has become a priority.

We’ll have to wait and see whether Brozovic is the answer but it looks like Arsene is working hard to try and bring him to the Emirates this January.