Arsenal have long been linked with Arturo Vidal, but the hearsay turned out to be a media-made story as both parties denied intents to make the transfer happen. The final piece in the puzzle has now been discovered after Fernando Felicevich divulged that the Gunners had not contacted his client.

Fabrizio Romano, who apparently works with Calciomercato tweeted the actual words of the agent, which refuted rumours linking the Chilean with the London outfit. Legend has it that we were and are nowhere close to bringing him down.

 I've never had talks with Arsenal."

Juventus are in no position to offload the former Bayer Leverkusen talisman given the fact that they are now in the cusp of losing Paul Pogba to the European big-boys.

Furthermore, he is contracted to the Italian for two more seasons and with the kind of success he enjoys in Turin, it’s highly unlikely that he would want a move away.

Besides, Arsene Wenger has multitude of top-quality central midfielders at his disposal signaling the fact that his signing would be an inessential luxury.

When his wage demands are taken into consideration, the aforementioned fact is only further reiterated.

With Francis Coquelin starting to masquerade as Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira, the London side are in no urge to sign a holding midfielder.

In addition, Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini could deputize the former French youth international in the event of injuries.