3. Stefan Kiessling – Bayer Leverkusen
Kiessling was the top scorer in last season’s Bundesliga, scoring 25 goals in 34 games for Leverkusen and has been one of the club’s most consistent players since joining from Nurnberg in 2006.
He helped the club to a third placed finish last season, meaning that they qualified for the early stages of the Champions League, so Arsenal will need to outline a plan good enough to entice him to the club.
At 29-years-old this could be his last chance to make a move overseas and sample a different culture of football. He has also consistently been one of the most underrated players that Germany has ever produced, hanging up his boots for the German national side in 2010 due to a perceived lack of respect from coach Jogi Low.
He frequently reaches double figures in the Bundesliga goalscoring charts, and already has seven in seven for the current campaign. His intelligence both on and off the ball would be a huge benefit to the Gunners style of play and he would of course fit right in with the rest of the club’s current German contingent.