Inter Milan’s Walter Samuel is hoping to seal a summer move to Arsenal, Chelsea or Tottenham after refusing to sign a new deal at the Nerazzuri, according to The Sun.
The soon to be 34-year-old Argentine is out of contract this summer and will be available on a free.
The experienced centre-back, who is known as ‘The Wall’, has reportedly targeted a move to the Premier League before he hangs up his boots and has expressed a desire to live in the capital.
Samuel’s agent, Barry O’Connor said:
‘Ideally Walter would like to come to London but he will listen to all offers.’
The former Real Madrid, Boca Juniors and Roma defender is demanding wages of around £90,000-a-week to remain at Inter, but it seems the Serie A outfit are refusing to pay such a salary for an ageing star.
With this in mind, should Arsenal look to snap Samuel up on a free this summer? In my opinion, I don’t think we need another centre-back at Arsenal.
We already have Thomas Vermaelen, Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker and Johan Djourou, as well as Alex Song, who can play in this position if required.
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Samuel is a highly experienced, commanding centre-back who is good in the air, but is he worth £90,000-a-week? Not at 33.
In addition, the former Argentina international, I feel, would severely suffer in the Premier League. He lacks pace and would be run ragged by the quicker strikers in the league. He also has a reckless side to him and because of this commits stupid fouls and picks up a lot of cards.
Besides, the Argentine’s wage demands are ridiculously high and he’s over 30 – a definite no-goer for Arsene Wenger.
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We should get rid of Djourou and Squillaci and sign a reliable centre-back, but would rather Jan Vertonghen from Ajax. Worth the extra expenditure for his potential and versatility.
I don’t think he will be starter at Arsenal because we have Koscielny, Vermaelen & Mertesacker but you do need 5 quality centre back to win the premier league. I can see him being a squad player but I would only accept this transfer if we bought Vertonghan as well but we have Bartley and Miguel coming through the ranks and don’t think Wenger would want to stunt their growth and development. Samuel would bring a vast amount of experience to the back four and he strong and good in air and has a winners mentality which could rub off on the younger players.
We need vertonghen to cover up the defence & DM,pls sell Dj/squil & possibly gibbs-they are underachievers