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Wenger makes £18m bid for Valencia’s Juan Mata

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Arsene Wenger has made a club record £18m bid for Valencia midfielder Juan Mata, claims the Daily Mail. The paper says that we are now planning a summer spending spree, beginning with the capture of the Spanish Under 21 star.

 
It is reported that officials spoke to the 23-year-old’s agent and father and that Mata is now happy to discuss his future. Mata can play in central midfield or on the left wing and was also part of Spain’s 2010 World Cup winning squad.
Mata’s eye for goal and assists are why AW is said to be willing to smash the club’s current transfer record — £13m for Russian star Andrey Arshavin — to bring the Spaniard to the Emirates.

Former Real Madrid youth player Mata was one of the stars of Spain’s victorious Under 21 side in Denmark, scoring two goals in the tournament, and has been identified by Wenger as the man to help ease the blow of Cesc Fabregas’ possible departure to Barcelona.

But, the paper says, AW  may have to act fast to head off Barcelona and Manchester City — who are also vying with Chelsea to sign Udinese and Chile winger Alexis Sanchez  — and Liverpool.

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    Hmmm if he can play defensively too than I say go ahead

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    if your 21 and under when the qualifiers start, you can play in the tournament

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    Don’t we all!

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  • Notoverthehill

    Having checked the Spanish press, this story is certainly more garbage.

    Juan Mata signed a three year extension last January. The release clause is €25 millions and that is simply out of The Arsenal’s finances. Valencia value Mata at about the price that Barça want to pay for Cesc with his faulty hamstrings?
    Mata will be on holiday for about three weeks now, so it is moonshine.
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  • wags

    hardly matter its a load of bollocks just like everything else these twats in the media churn out, we will still end upwith some bargain hunt player u think wenger will change. NEVER

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    why is everybody saying it would be a record transfer when we actually bought reyes for about 30 million some years ago?!

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  • SuperRob7

    because we didn’t

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    This shd have been the hottest topic so far on AI.com. But i pity that efforts put on by you and the website has yielded only 11 responses in 3 days. This proves Gooners are not taking AW seriously. Oh what a pass it has come to be….

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    we are completely knackered by the rumours and no announcements. Cesc going, cesc staying, cesc up for sale. Now Bracewell Smith calling for entire board to be sacked…. except Dein.
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    Is Wenger on Holiday? WTF is he doing?????

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