Wenger Spoilt for Choice

The ongoing saga surrounding Gonzalo Higuain’s move to the Emirates has hit a stall – as the attacking options line up for Arsene Wenger.

Wenger is believed to be holding out on the apparent £23miilion move for Higuain as he believes the move to bring Liverpool’s Luis Suarez to North London could prove to be a better deal.

Still a Galactico

Higuian has been ordered to report back to Madrid for training today, as the Argentinian is still their player. With no deal officially through, Higuain’s £23million move depends on Wenger’s move for Uruguayan Suarez.

The initial bid of £30million for the Reds’ number 7 was snubbed, with Brendan Rodgers insisting Suarez is not for sale.

Yet Suarez’s consistent wanting for a move away from Anfield has done himself wonders in putting himself on the transfer market. Real Madrid remain hopeful after Suarez claimed he wanted to quit England altogether, due to relentless media intrusion, and moneybags AS Monaco remain interested.

Another bid of £35million has been rumoured heavily in today’s press, testing Liverpool’s resolve over their £40million valuation of the man who has 38 goals in Liverpool red.

Higuain on Hold

The Argentinian remains on hold depending on how high the final transfer fee of Suarez will be. Arsenal expert John Cross explained why the deal has taken so long:

“I thought Higuain would have been done by now, but I think there’s an opportunity with Suarez. I would suggest they might have had a bit of encouragement.” He detailed.

“I feel Wenger’s first choice would be Suarez rather than Higuain.”

Higuain scored 23 goals in La Liga last season, dwarfed by Suarez’s 23 in the toughest League of all – the Premier League.

Should Arsenal meet Liverpool’s £40million valuation of Luis Suarez, the Higuain deal would balance on whether or not Wenger would be willing to splash out £63+million on a new strikeforce. Plus with Theo Walcott scoring and Olivier Giroud hitting some form in the recent 7-0 friendly win over Indonesia XI, the Gunner’s attacking options could rival any team in the world.

This transfer window shows how far Arsenal have come, even being linked with players like Higuain, Suarez, Jovetic and Wayne Rooney is a reflection of how the club have progressed in the market season.

Wenger summed the speculation up perfectly:

"For years we were out of race for top-level transfers, but we're back now. That's what we're working on at the moment."

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