Arsenal supporters have been calling out for a striker signing for some time now and the Gunners manager finally seems to be listening to their calls as he is now believed to be brokering a deal for long-term Tottenham target Fernando Llorente.

The London outfit initially tracked down more prolific goal machines such as Karim Benzema and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang before their respective club declared that their marksmen would not be sold for any price.

They have eventually made their minds up to settle for compromise signings as they look to sign the £8.5million Juventus hitman to reinforce the strikeforce.

Olivier Giroud could then retain his tag as an automatic starter as the 30-year-old Spaniard can be thought to be no superior to the Frenchman.

The Italian club have decided to let the transfer of the former Athletic Bilbao man go through in the event of their valuation of the player being met as they look to fund a move for Schalke magician Julian Draxler.

Recent reports from the media suggest that his representatives have flown to London to discuss terms with Arsenal over a summer move, but then, the news outlets have no proper evidence for the very claim.



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#11 Moking 2015-08-07 23:18
All out money offer for Benzema Money will get him away from RM ..we'll be contenders on all fronts ...
#10 ikechukwu Austine 2015-08-06 16:37
Llorente is nt the striker that will bring in EPL in to the emirate family so arsene wenger will regret it if he does nt get any better striker in this transfer window and also a good standing 4 thats all we need to get this trophy.......Reus remains the best option for arsenal.
#9 Kodiko 2015-08-01 17:49
Wenger buy a striker. we are tired of waiting for a good one. money is there I think Lord said.
+2 #8 Rambo 2015-07-31 16:35
This is obviously just a made up story by the tabloids. Juve desperately want to get rid of this fella and are trying to offload him to another club to finance a higher bid for draxler. Trust me, Wenger has no interest in this guy as he's just a poor mans Giroud. It will either be Benzema or nothing at all.
+1 #7 kljepti 2015-07-31 13:53
Then buy nothing and give Akpom a shot in the coming season, but then I mean a real shot and not the last 5 minutes every 6 game.
#6 John Paul nnadi 2015-07-31 07:33
Y'all should think b4 saying something he went for a world star strikers their respective clubs refuse to sell he did his best to sign world class players but their clubs don't want to sell what do u want him to do Y'all are fake fans you should go force the players into d club make sure your facts are clear b4 criticizing damn
#5 Francis -Zambia 2015-07-31 07:11
Wenger always has nothing for us fans, the money is there but why cant we buy a world class striker and a holding midfielder to replace coq in an event of a injury or off form? This coach likes calculations too much. Mourinho was right. Wenger needs a calculator to challenge Chelsea.
+2 #4 Jarms 2015-07-30 22:45
Shut up victor you camels rear end who is this 'we'go support spurs. We have the strongest squad in 10 years and no unhappy players get real
+2 #3 john kelly 2015-07-30 21:10
As he is not the markee signing we want i still think he can do well for us we are blessed with sanchez theo welbeck who all hav pace to go behind defenses but wat we dont hav is a replacement for giroud if he got injured when he got injured we lost that hold up play to bring in the midfield if you look at the squad now we have 2 players for every position so we shud never look weak if we lose a player to injury llorente was once a gd striker that knew were the net was with the way we play i believe he will score goals cant wait for the season to start CMON YOU GUNNERS
+1 #2 Ramsey OP 2015-07-30 21:06
Benzema is a lot better
-5 #1 Victor okocha 2015-07-30 20:30
Lolrente is not the striker arsenal need WengerIis doing this because he doesn't want to bench GIROUD. Tevex is better dan Lolrente. Y dont he buy Teves dan dis slow striker he want to buy? Wenger will regret not buying a better striker, nd a good midfielder that is better than coq. Mourinho knws that if Wenger buy 2 or3 quality players arsenal will win the league that is he is talking abt arsenal spending nd now Wenger want to fall for his mind game.I pity u Wenger because if u didn't buy Rues or Tevex . U will be fighting for fourth position this season.