Arsenal launch Mikel Arteta bid
Posted Thursday, August 25, 2011 by Dailystar.co.uk
Above: Arsenal are believed to be Mikel Arteta’s preferred destination
ARSENAL face Spanish competition for Everton midfielder Mikel Arteta.
Malaga and Valencia, who have just picked up £27m from Chelsea for Juan Mata, are both willing to pay £10m for attacking midfielder Mikel Arteta.
But despite losing Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona and Samir Nasri to Manchester City, Wenger still appears reluctant to spend the near £60m the club have racked in.
Starsport revealed earlier this week how skipper Robin van Persie called for a meeting with Wenger on Monday and was shocked to hear his manager state he was not unhappy with his current squad.
But that was before Nasri’s departure and 29-year-old Arteta is now understood to be on the Frenchman’s radar.
Arsenal are believed to be Arteta’s preferred destination but it may be that his age and problems with injury last season work against him. Wenger is notoriously fussy about signing older players.
Everton have major financial problems with their bankers urging them to sell stars and and cut their £25m debt.
In contrast Malaga have no such problems having been taken over last summer by a member of the Qatari royal family, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nassar Al-Thani.
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