ARSENAL CLEAR-OUT AHOYArsenal fans will shed no tears at the two names featured in the Daily Mail's story of senior players leaving the Emirates in January, with Sebastien Squillaci and Marouane Chamakh very much surplus to requirements.
Fifth-choice centre-half Squillaci is available on loan to anyone who will stump up his wages or for around £2m on a permanent deal, but the Mail offers no price tag for Chamakh, who has had a nightmare 2011 after a promising start to his Arsenal career.
Oh and Manuel Almunia is available for around £300,000 while Schalke are apparently sniffing around perma-sub Andrey Arshavin.
CITY EYE MARTINEZ
Manchester City definitely need more quality players so there's little surprising about the Daily Mail's claim that they have sounded out Athletic Bilbao over Spanish international midfielder Javi Martinez.
Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea have all shown an interest in the really rather good Martinez, who has a £34m buy-out clause in his contract.
"When you hear of interest from United, you feel proud but I'm happy at Athletic," said Martinez before talk of the other Manchester club getting involved.
KEITA MAKES REDS WAIT
Here are some quotes from Barcelona midfielder Seydou Keita in The Sun: "Liverpool are a great club and it is fantastic to hear they are interested in me but you know how I feel about Barcelona.
"But we are in football and nothing is an absolute, so let's wait until the end of the season. I want to play more games and the Premier League is very attractive and exciting for anyone."
The 31-year-old Mali midfielder has started only five league games for Barcelona this season.
AND THE REST
Liverpool are closing in on the signature of Swiss teenage striker Nicholas Hunziker from FC Basle...Fulham are lining up Swansea's former Chelsea winger Scott Sinclair as a replacement for Moussa Dembele, who is wanted by Tottenham...Sheffield rivals United and Wednesday are set to go head to head to sign in-form Rotherham striker Lewis Grabban.
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