Arsenal are in advanced talks with Swansea City over Welsh centre-back Ashley Williams and with the two sides said to be just £2m apart in their valuations of the 28 year old it appears that a deal will be struck this summer.
Arsene Wenger is keen to bring in more central defensive options to offer a strong back-up team behind first choice pairing Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny. Thomas Vermaelen was frozen out of first team action in the final months of 2012/13 and may well not be happy to warm the bench and with Sebastien Squillaci having been released and with Johan Djourou likely to leave there is certainly scope for additions in this regard.