Who: Luis Suarez
Where: Liverpool
Who’s interested: Arsenal, Real Madrid
Recent events have meant that the Uruguayan’s position at the club has become untenable. At loggerheads with the club’s hierarchy, his only options are to leave for somewhere else, or stay and play knowing that the fans will never truly accept him to their hearts again.
He had been publicly flirting with Real Madrid until he learned of Arsenal’s interest and the Spanish side’s pursuit of Spurs winger Gareth Bale has meant that a move for Suarez has had to take a backseat for the time being.
Wenger sees Suarez as the ideal man to replace Robin Van Persie, who left for Manchester United last summer. So far Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud have failed to live up to the expectations placed on them and Wenger still needs a star name up front if he is to hope to challenge the sides at the top of the tree next term.
It’s likely that Madrid will have a different target in mind, leaving just Arsenal to try and broker a deal, but this has entered into a battle of wills and could threaten to drag out beyond the close of the transfer window.
Where he’ll end up: Arsenal