With Gervinho being tracked by Marseille and Newcastle, Arsene Wenger appears to have turned his attention to wingers that he could potentially snap up to replace the Ivory Coast international this summer.
Gervinho hasn’t quite settled at Arsenal as he would’ve liked since his £10 million move from Lille in 2011.
The 26-year-old made just 26 appearances (18 starts) in all competitions for The Gunners last season, where he found the net seven times and notched up five assists. His lack of playing time was mainly down to the summer arrivals of both Lukas Podolski and Santi Cazorla, not to mention his poor form.
And it doesn’t look like it’s going to get any better for Gervinho, in terms of playing time for Arsenal next season, as we have already been linked with a few wingers who look set to drop him further down the pecking order if they are signed and he remains at The Emirates.
On Sunday we were labelled favourites to land Nani from United after Galatasaray dropped their interest in the Portuguese trickster, and it now appears that we are eyeing up a move for Lille’s Dimitri Payet.
The 26-year-old, creative wide-man scored 12 goals and created 14 in 44 appearances in all competitions for the Ligue 1 outfit, and it seems Wenger has identified him as a player who could bolster Arsenal’s attacking options next season.
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It welcome development Gervinho is going.