Arsenal Back In For Inler
According to The Sunday People, Arsenal have re-entered the race with Newcastle United to sign Udinese star Gokhan Inler.
Arsenal are in desperate need of a top class centre midfielder following the exits of Gilberto Silva, Aliaksandr Hleb and Mathieu Flamini.
The Gunners have been linked with a whole host of names, including Gareth Barry, Miguel Veloso, Marcos Senna, Torsten Frings, Yaya Touré, and even Xabi Alonso.
The North Londoners have also been associated with Inler in recent weeks,
and The People now claims that the club have re-entered the race to sign him,
along with
The 24-year-old Inler was a virtual unknown when he signed for Udinese from FC
Inler’s fine performances have led to interest from a number of other big
European teams, including
Only a couple of weeks ago Inler revealed his intention to stay at Udinese, stating: “My head is at Udinese. I want to have a good season with my team.”
However, were Arsenal to table an official bid for the Swiss star, it remains to be seen whether he could turn down a move to the Emirate Stadium.
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