Arsenal ready to meet €40 million release clause

Details: Written by George White; Published: Thursday, 12 June 2014 11:35

Arsenal have been linked with numerous forwards recently and another has entered the equation in Colombian Jackson Martínez.

The Porto forward’s agent has been discussing his clients future recently and revealed that the 27-year-old has meetings planned with a number of big European clubs.

€40 million release clause

Among them, are Arsenal and Portuguese newspaper Record believe that Arsène Wenger is ready to pay the Colombian’s €40 million release clause and recent comments suggest such a deal could take place soon.

Martínez’s Italian agent Peppino Tirri told Corriere Gialloroso that various meetings have been set up, Evening Standard reported the news.

Meetings set to take place

Tirri said: “I am waiting for Jackson Martínez’s manager, Henrique Pompeio, to arrive in Italy tonight for a series of transfer meetings we’ll have together.

“It’s true, he will fly in tonight because we have some meetings lined up to evaluate and find the right proposal for Jackson Martínez.

“We’ve got meetings set up with numerous European clubs, as he is of interest to Manchester United, Atlético Madrid, Arsenal and Valencia, but also important Italian sides.

“Yes, Roma are a concrete possibility, but they aren’t the only Serie A club interested in Martínez.

"I repeat, we have many meetings and a lot to do over the next few days."

More developments due

Arsenal Latest reported yesterday that Martínez was set for talks but the reports that Arsenal are willing to meet his buy-out clause is a new development.

Wenger and Arsenal are never known for doing their business early and whilst this is far from clear cut, there does seem to be genuine interest in bringing the Colombian to the Emirates.

This is definitely a transfer story to keep an eye on as developments are likely to occur over the next few days.

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-1 #7 nigel hill 2014-06-14 15:38

Seriously you lot moan every season about the quality of players coming in then cry when we sell them on, words such as useless crap unknown are used when we buy and I keep seeing world class when we sell!!! You fickle bunch, do you even watch our matches or just look at the results? I am disappointed we are linked with some of best players in the world and rarely buy them but look at chelsea and city hammered on fair play rules n still will splash the cash like its going out of fashion, its unsustainable and the short term success is not worth the long term costs! Eventually teams that buy success will fall away or become self sustaining. Seeing as chelsea still aint self sufficient the chances are they never will be! If 20 years ago you offered any arsenal fan our last 20 years they would have snapped your hand off! I remember the days of finishing 10th do you? How many of you know anything other than arsenal as a top 4 team? We have no divine right to finish where we do each year! The reason arsenal are who they are today isn't down to george graham or bruce rioch! Some may disagree but arsene wenger is the best manager arsenal have ever had! We have never had the sustained success we are enjoying now! Be grateful for what you have today for tomorrow it could all be snatched away

-1 #6 Hassan gooner4 life 2014-06-13 12:02

Bring in Ballot and i ashure u arsenal shall win before and after kicking the ball.
I like hiz character and believe is mature enough to change 4 d beta. no doubt he's world class. As 4 Cesc he is no doubt good but why did he live in d 1st place? It's time 2 move on without such footballing prostitutes and money makers

+1 #5 SAGunner 2014-06-13 09:02

Wenger waits till only the unwanted are left 1 or 2 days before the final day of the window - than picks the best out of a bad bunch! It took him 10 years to realise that Arsenal has more injurie man hours than all other top clubs, and I am not sure that the signing of a modern strength/fitness coach was his doing - as with Ozil I am sure he was pushed! How long is it going to take him to realize that one can no longer buy the best for a few million quid? He is way behind the times... was time to change at the end of last season, now we are stuck with him, striving for our usual Wenger trophy!!! 4th place in the league.
He will not achieve this if he signs the likes of Sanogo and other left overs!

+2 #4 Berkaap 2014-06-13 07:26

U will always moan and cry. Even though u have no idea about what is going to Happen.

-3 #3 Spectrum 2014-06-13 07:09

Wenger only paid 42 million for Ozil because he was likely ORDERED TO by the board at the time. Wenger NEVER ( voluntarily ) pays that much for ANYONE. It's totally out of character for him to do so.

If you recall, we had lost at home to Aston Villa in our first match last season, and the fans were rightly baying for Wenger's blood for displaying continued negligence in not signing a striker - or ANY big name player for that matter. So the board, sensing a nasty fan revolt, likely forced him to placate them with the ONLY, repeat ONLY, quality player left available ( remember this was the very last day of the transfer window - ( again ).

The irony was that Wenger was perdictably but unjustifiably, given all the credit for this signing, when it most probably wasn't his plan to do so in the first place.

Further credence to this is provided by the fact that we didn't even NEED an attacking midfielder, but a DEFENSIVE ONE - and amazingly enough after all this time - we STILL DO !

" In Arsene we rust."

-5 #2 jordangooner 2014-06-13 00:24

# Mickey LP, Thats why Wenger paid £42 million for Ozil, don't be so negative.

+4 #1 Mickey LP 2014-06-12 19:18

Rubbish, Wenger will never pay that for Martinez.He will dither like he always does and we wi end up with someone like Geevinho or Vela. Despite paying the most in season tickets we won't pay for top quality.

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