Gunners lead Liverpool in chase to sign young Dutchman, who has been likened to legendary Manchester United striker. Although Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez and Petr Cech have been signed by Arsene Wenger in the past three seasons, the Arsenal boss remains generally reluctant to risk big bucks on players who fall into the ‘finished article' category. Mr Wenger has long been known as a manager who prefers to identify young or relatively obscure talent, before attempting to create superstars, rather than buy them. That policy – of trying to pluck a diamond from the rough – will be persevered with. This summer – as has been the case since Robin van Persie left in...
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