Arsene Wenger is keen to complete this summer transfer window activity early this year, not solely due to the Puma kit launch, but also so that he can avoid any last minute activity as well as with a view to bedding in new additions during pre-season action, long before the Premier League season gets underway.
The Arsenal manager is ready to listen to offers for Spanish veteran Mikel Arteta with the former Everton man now into the final year of his contract and with no new deal likely to be offered.
The 32 year old struggled last term and the arrival of Schneiderlin will lead to a reduced involvement and with Mathieu Flamini on hand as an able back-up to the incoming signing Wenger feels he can afford to allow Arteta to leave and a move to back to La Liga is a possibility.
Wenger is also ready to sell Thomas Vermaelen and is open to the possibility of such a sale being to a Premier League rival with Man United said to be interested in the Belgian.
However Arsenal will not sanction a sale until they themselves have brought in an able replacement, with Southampton’s Dejan Lovren having thought to be a target but now seemingly keen on a Liverpool switch.
The former Ajax man has played third fiddle to Wenger’s first choice centre-back pairing of Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker and is now ready to push for an Emirates Stadium exit.
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