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Podolski has a year left on his current deal with Cologne and although he has been offered a new deal at the club, a rift has developed between the player and members of the club’s hierarchy.
Arshavin Again Linked With Move
Meanwhile, Arsenal have missed out on Nigerian youngster Ahmed Musa after the teenager moved from Dutch side VVV Venlo to CSKA Moscow on Saturday.
* Eden Hazard (Lille)
So far he has made 25 appearances for the Belgium national team, scoring only once but with 7 assists.
* Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund)
Götze entered Dortmund’s youth academy as an eight-year old. Götze scored six goals and made 15 assists during the 2010/11 season, making him the best 18-year old player in the Bundesliga since 2004/05. So far he has made 52 appearances, scoring 11 times with 15 assists.
Just like Hazard, Götze is pure class.
* Matías Suárez (Anderlecht)
Suarez signed for Anderlecht in 2008, at the age of 20. In total, he has scored 25 goals in 96 appearances for Anderlecht. So far he has scored 5 goals in 16 appearances for Anderlecht this season. He has also scored 7 goals in 8 Europe League appearances this season. Suarez can play as a winger or striker. Yet another kind of player Wenger fancies.
* Esteban Granero (Real Madrid)
At the time he was one of the most talented players at the Real Madrid youth academy. While playing in the Under-10 division, he once scored 83(!) goals in 1 season. In the 2010/11 season Real Madrid bought Ozil and Khedira, two similar players which limited Granero mainly to substitute appearances. In total, Granero played 53 matches for Real Madrid’s first team, scoring 4 goals with 7 assists.
* Lukas Podolski (1. FC Köln)
Podolski joined 1. FC Köln’s first team and made his debut in the Bundesliga. He continued playing for the first team and in total he played 81 matches and scored a stunning 46 goals before signing for Bayern Munich. FC Koln.
All in all he played 71 matches for Bayern, in which he scored 15 goals. Since his return he has scored 29 goals in 75 matches. But he’s on fire this season, scoring 14 goals in only 16 matches. Not very suprising that Arsenal is interested, am I right? Podolski also made 95(!) appearances for the German national team (since 2004), scoring 43 goals(!).
One of the key areas where Arsenal have really been hit with a serious injury crisis is the full-back position. Injuries to all four of their first choice fullbacks; Bacary Sagna, Karl Jenkinson, Keiron Gibbs, and Andre Santos, have left Arsenal having to play make shift fullbacks. One player that Arsenal have been linked with is out of favour Manchester City left-back Wayne Bridge. The other area where Arsenal are very thin on numbers is the striking position.
Arsenal have already secured the services of club legend Thierry Henry.
Youn Barcelona star Isaac Cuenca has been linked with Arsenal in the last couple of days. Finally, reports linking Arsenal to Lille’s Eden Hazard have resurfaced over the Christmas period with suggestions that the 2012 January transfer window could finally be the time for Hazard to join Arsenal after long-term speculation linking the player to a North-London move.
Arsenal’s severe injury problems make it feel like a certainty that they will strengthen in certain areas such as full-back and they have already secured Thierry Henry on a loan deal. However many fans seem to have the feeling that Arsenal could be prepared to bring in a ‘marquee’ signing in the January transfer window. One important thing to consider is the message that such a signing would send to current Arsenal stars and more specifically Robin Van Persie.
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