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Tottenham Hotspur’s season stalled last summer because of a lack of goals from their strikers.

Manager Harry Redknapp realised his side’s shortcomings but was unable to persuade chairman Daniel Levy to part with the amount of cash needed to sign a top striker.

Now it seems even more important to make a big signing to keep stars Luka Modric and Gareth Bale happy at the club.

But no Champions League football next season will hamper their efforts to sign the best strikers, meaning Redknapp will have to do his homework.

Money should become available once the squad is trimmed down, with the likes of Jermaine Jenas, Niko Kranjcar and Sebastien Bassong looking to be heading for the exit.

So we have given the Spurs boss a hand in identifying 10 possible replacements for Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch, Robbie Keane and Roman Pavlyuchenko.

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Man United 1-0 Schalke (Valencia)

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Man United 2-0 Schalke (Gibson)

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Man United 2-1 Schalke (Jurado)

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Man United 3-1 Schalke (Anderson)

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Arsene Wenger will have to top Bayern Munich’s £7.8million-a-year offer to Manuel Neuer to have a chance of luring the brilliant FC Schalke goalkeeper to the Emirates.

The Arsenal manager has inquired about the 25-year-old Germany star who, almost single-handedly, kept Manchester United at bay for must of their European Cup semi-final, first leg last week.
But Wenger need not worry about competition from United, whose manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, is looking elsewhere for a successor for Edwin van der Sar.
And Bayern’s fans once again showed their hatred of the German No 1 by displaying anti-Neuer banners in their side’s 4-1 win over Schalke on Saturday.

Neuer angered Bayern fans by mimicking an Oliver Kahn celebration when Schalke won in Munich last year.

SOURCE: Daily Mail

Arsene Wenger has been looking to bring in a new keeper since last summer when the Arsenal boss tried his hardest to take Fulham keeper Mark Schwarzer to the Emirates Stadium and the bumbling antics of original first choice starter Manuel Almunia would appear to suggest that the Gunners manager is still looking for an established keeper.

Although Wojciech Szczesny has impressed when called upon the 21 year old is probably a little to raw to be Arsenal’s number one custodian and the likes of Lukasz Fabianski and Vito Mannone are still yet to prove themselves to Wenger and a move for Manuel Neuer may make a great deal of sense.

Many believe the £10m rated German international is high up on Sir Alex Ferguson’s wish-list but the Man United boss appears to be most keen on Atletico Madrid youngster David De Gea and the fact that Bayern Munich’s supporters seem very strongly against a move for the Schalke could lead the Bavarian side to look elsewhere and that could leave the door open to Wenger.

Manchester United will reportedly attempt to use Dimitar Berbatov as leverage in their pursuit of German international keeper Manuel Neuer. Sir Alex Ferguson is ready to use the Premier League’s top-scorer to help tempt Schalke into selling their prized asset.

Ferguson is looking for a keeper to take over from veteran Edwin Van der Sar who is due to hang up his gloves at the end of the season and the Man United boss is a big admirer of 25 year old keeper Neuer who has helped his Bundesliga side to the the Champions League semi-finals.

Berbatov was a big success during his time with Bayer Leverkusen and his consistent goal scoring exploits, 91 goals in five seasons, led to a big money move to Tottenham which in turn led to a £30m move to Man United. Even though the cultured striker is the top scorer in the Premier League he has found himself warming the bench in recent weeks as Ferguson has elected to pair Wayne Rooney with Javier Hernandez with some success.

Schalke have struggled in Bundesliga action this term and are currently in tenth spot and unlikely to secure European football of any sort next season and that has led to increased speculation that £12m rated Neuer will leave the club after five years as a first team regular.

Ralf Ragnick’s side have struggled to find the back of the net in domestic action, only two sides have scored fewer Bundesliga goals, and given that Raul is not getting any younger the short term solution of bringing in Berbatov may well tempt the Schalke boss.

Dimitar Berbatov is currently having his most prolific season in the Premier League so will not be content to warm the bench at the peak of his career and with just one year left on his contract and seemingly no nearer to agreeing a new deal, a move to Bundesliga may be ideal for all concerned.

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Arsene Wenger is preparing a summer shopping list as he looks to spend significant sums on squad reinforcements as new owner Stan Kroenke looks to back the Arsenal boss in the transfer market. The Arsenal manager has identified three targets he feels he needs in order to strengthen his North London side this summer.

Seemingly the top priority is to bring in a new keeper that he can rely to name as his first team starter and to that end the Frenchman will look to secure German international Manuel Neuer who is rumoured to be ready to leave Schalke after a very poor domestic season, which will result in the Gelsenkirchen side failing to secure European football of any type next term, unless of course Ralf Rangnick’s side can win the Champions League this season.

Wenger is also looking to beef up his defence and has earmarked a move for Ajax centre back Jan Vertonghen, who formed a successful partnership with Thomas Vermalen at the Amsterdam club before his Belgian international team-mate left for the Premier League last season. The centre back area has been a problematic one for Arsenal this season with new signings Laurent Koscielny and Sebastien Squillaci both failing to inspire confidence.

Finally Arsene Wenger will reportedly look to bring in long term target Karim Benzema and the chances of persuading the French international to leave the Bernabeu this summer depend very much on whether Jose Mourinho looks to bring in another striker, thus confirming to the former Lyon man that he is very much a back up and not a first team regular.

With Robin Van Persie still plagued by injuries and Marouane Chamakh not fulfilling his early promise, Arsenal could well do with more firepower and it seems likely that one of the club’s back up’s, Nicklas Bendtner or Carlos Vela, are likely to be sold.

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Manchester United may be willing to use striker Dimitar Berbatov to help land Schalke keeper Manuel Neuer. Sir Alex Ferguson has set his sights on bringing the German international keeper to Old Trafford and could use his Bulgarian international to help seal the deal.

Ferguson is looking for a keeper to take the mantle from veteran Edwin Van der Sar who is due to hang up his gloves at the end of the season and the Man United boss is a big admirer of 25 year old keeper Neuer who has helped his Bundesliga side to the verge of a Champions League semi-final berth.

Berbatov was a big success during his time with Bayer Leverkusen and his consistent goal scoring exploits, 91 goals in five seasons, led to a big money move to Tottenham which in turn led to a £30m move to Man United. Even though the cultured striker is the top scorer in the Premier League he has found himself warming the bench in recent weeks as Ferguson has elected to pair Wayne Rooney with Javier Hernandez with some success.

Schalke have struggled in Bundesliga action this term and are currently in tenth spot and unlikely to secure European football of any sort next season and that has led to increased speculation that Neuer will leave the club after five years as a first team regular.

Newly appointed boss Ralf Ragnick may well be tempted by such an offer as his Gelsenkirchen side has struggled in front of goal, netting just 33 goals in 28 league matches, only three sides have scored less, and given Berbatov’s previous success in the Bundesliga a swap deal may suit all parties.

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Inter Milan 1-0 Schalke (Stanjovic)

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Inter Milan 1-1 Schalke (Matip)

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Inter Milan 2-1 Schalke (Milito)

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Inter Milan 2-2 Schalke (Edu)

Inter Milan 2-3 Schalke (Raul)

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