Arsenal have long been tracking down Karim Benzema, but the rumours, much to the dismay of their supporters, have never come to fruition. Given the recent progressions in their pursuit, the Frenchman can well be billed to don the legendary red and white strip before the transfer window comes to a closure.

Following the arrival of Rafael Benitez, murmurs around the Santiago Bernabeu suggest that the former Olympique Lyonnais marksman could be only held at the periphery of the pans of the Spaniard as he is expected to play Cristiano Ronaldo at that position, where the Arsenal target has been critically acclaimed at.

Arsenal have allegedly made an unsuccessful, yet ambitious attempt to lure Olympiakos shot-stopper Roberto Jimenez to the Emirates Stadium as an understudy to summer signing Petr Cech, according to the Spanish media.

Emiliano Martinez recently followed in the footsteps of another academy graduate Wojciech Szczesny out of the club on loan highlighting the need for a goalkeeper signing this summer and Arsene Wenger seems eager to fill their voids with a top quality addition - Roberto Jimenez.

Sevilla are braced to accept a £21.4million bid for Grzegorz Krychowiak from the Gunners as the latter look to address their age-old holding midfield concern, according to fresh reports emanating from the English media.

Arsene Wenger was earlier billed to bring in the likes of Morgan Schneiderlin and William Carvalho, but the rumours were never close to coming to fruition and the Polish international now seems to have caught the eyes of the Arsenal manager.

Whilst the Karim Benzema saga goes on, Arsenal have been given the green signal to complete £21.1million transfer of long-term target, Julian Draxler, this summer, according to fresh reports emanating from the English media.

The 21-year-old reportedly agreed to join Juventus last month, but the deal collapsed given the reluctance of the Italian juggernaut to meet the valuation of Schalke and it is now murmured that the Gunners could claim the box-seat for his signature.

Arsenal have been keeping tabs on a few top-class centre-forwards, but for varied reasons, their pursuit of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Karim Benzema and Jackson Martinez did not come to fruition.

They were consequently tipped in to settle for a less prolific striker in Fernando Llorente, but Arsene Wenger seems to have other ideas.

Jose Callejon, since finding his escape route out of Estadio Bernabeu, has become an instrumental fixture in the Napoli lineup and can be expected to decide on his future with the Italian club in the days to come.