Arsenal agree deal for young defender
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is once again trying to build for the future by finalising a deal that will see 15-year-old Hertha Berlin centre back Leander Siemann move to the Emirates in the summer.
The Gunners will have to pay £220,000 to bring the German defender over from the second-tier giants having had the teenager on trial in February, and he will sign a three-year contract.
It has been suggested that Wenger will look to add one or two more experienced players to his backline at the end of this campaign as his most recent additions Sebastien Squillaci and Laurent Koscielny have come in for criticism at times this season.
However, it is worth noting that while the Arsenal defence is often mocked, their record stands up to that of Premier League leaders Manchester United, with both teams conceding an average of one goal a game. Chelsea boast the division's best statistics, but have only kept two more clean sheets.
The other news on Wednesday morning that doesn't reflect well given Arsenal's current dependance on Manuel Almunia or 41-year-old Jens Lehmann to be their title-winning goalkeeper is Petr Cech's revelation that the Gunners rejected him two years before he joined Chelsea.
Yet despite the north Londoners attracting a lot of stick over the last month having seen their attempts to win the FA Cup, Carling Cup and Champions League amount to nothing, they remain in the hunt to finish first in the top-flight for the first time in seven years.
Odds of [4.4] are offered on them closing the five-point gap separating themselves from Manchester United, who are yet to visit the Emirates, but Sir Alex Ferguson's side are convincing [1.62] favourites.
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Published: 23 Mar 2011
Dan (March 23, 2011 2:03 PM) said:
I think it should be gud to have,sakho,subotic,melo,hazard and neymar or gameiro...if clichy follows fabregas then vermalaen and gibbs should be cover,wenger should also have a natural sagna's replacement,if this goes through then he should have vertonghen in,loanees like landsbury,mannone,bartely,miyaichi n jet should come....players to go.almunia,fabianski,diaby,denilson,bendtner,eboue,traore,squilaci n arshavin if hazard is brought in