This morning's front page of El Mundo goes large on a story that says Arsenal are after 20 year midfielder Sergi Samper. The caption says that ‘He is ready to bring Samper to Arsenal, paying his clause of 12m. It would be his sixth ‘plunder' of la Masia [Barcelona's famous youth set-up]. How much truth there is in this we're not sure, but with reports that Mathieu Flamini is on the verge of a move to Galatasaray, that would leave on Mikel Arteta as back-up for Francis Coquelin. Although we did spend £2.5 on Krystian Bielik in January, the 17 year old is probably some way from being read for the Premier League. At the same time, Samper has yet to play a league game for the...
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