Perhaps more in keeping with Arsene Wenger’s usual transfer approach is his interest in German wonderkid Julian Draxler, an approach that the Arsenal manger is ready to make official with an offer of £21m for the 19 year old midfielder.
The rangy German international is very much a box to box operator, able to add steel to the Arsenal midfield whilst also offering a very real attacking threat.
The teenager has already amassed over 100 appearances for Schalke and has half a dozen national team caps to his name and is very much considered one of the hottest prospects in European football.
Arsenal will hope to persuade Draxler to make a move to the English top tier this summer though Schalke may well ask for a bigger fee for a player of such potential.
Arsene Wenger has successfully culled a great many underperformers from his squad, helping to adopt a quality over quantity ethos that will help reduce the wage burden to the extent that will allow Arsenal to offer higher salaries to the very high end of his first team playing staff.