Ligue 1 outfit Saint-Etienne have recently told interested clubs, including Arsenal, that they want £13.2 million for French international Blaise Matuidi this summer.
It’s been reported that the 24-year-old would consider a move away from the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard after revealing his intentions to play for a Champions League club next season.
Arsene Wenger is thought to be very interested in the Frenchman’s services, and has reportedly been given a price-tag to meet by St. Etienne president Roland Romeyer. Romeyer was quoted in The Progress this week saying:
‘The right fee is €15 million (£13.2m). We will not discuss anything lower.’
Although Wenger appears interested, it is believed that he will look to sort out the future of Cesc Fabregas before making any bid for Matuidi.
The Frenchman, who made 34 appearances for Saint-Etienne last season, is said to be light on his feet, can distribute the ball quickly and efficiently, as well as possessing great positional awareness – all the qualities required to make it in the Premier League.
Blaise Matuidi could be a welcomed addition to the Arsenal squad. However, whether Wenger will in fact make a move for the French midfielder this summer remains to be seen.
Should Wenger splash out £13.2 million for Matuidi this summer, or are there better options out there for the boss to think about?
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Am not surprised at all, there is no french player that doesnt interest Wenger. Bringing in mediocre players that end up a flop like squillaci.
French player later disobey AW nasri, flamini*nd co
french dis french dat aw want d english players in arsenal to start speaking french
Won the most tackles in ligue 1, this is the new makele. Regaurdless if his french, if his good enough sign him and add compettion to song.
Mid June and Arsenall have only signed a kid for a million.
Another frustrating summer for Arsenal fans as on the last day wenger brings in sol Cambell on a free and declairs he has faith in players such as Diaby,Denilson,Rosicky,bentner,Almunia and Squalachi
I HOPE I AM WRONG BUT ITS NOT LOOKING GOOOD SO FAR
Mid June and most transfer windows haven’t opened yet. Be patient, there will be arrive=als but we need to offload the deadood first.
He’s a gun sign him
go ahead and sign him as back up to alex song.
Mr wenger We don’t need player like dis in our team…. We really really need player like Edin Hazard, Hulk, Sneijder
I don’t want us to sign this midget, wenger has identified we struggled with a lack of height in our team so im hoping he doesn’t sign a dude who would lose an air battle with mini me!
aw will never be a great manager,replacing toure n gallas with tom & jerry,i don’t give a rat ass anymore,i mean look @ alex ferguson changing his number two every other season n they all became managers,am sick of him n his french legion…..am trying to be as clean as possible but french football is a farce @ the moment,n all we need is bulldogs mentality (surely must be British breed)
arsenal have a great chance of wining ligue1 🙂