Sky Sports News understands Arsenal have opened preliminary talks with Birmingham over a possible move for defender Scott Dann AND he is widely expected to leave St Andrews during the transfer window in the wake of the Blues' relegation from the top-flight in the final day of the last season.
The imposing centre-back formed an impressive partnership with Roger Johnson before an untimely injury in a January curtailed his the campaign and contributed to a club's eventual demotion and gunners boss Arsene Wenger is known to be a keen to strengthen his defence having seen their hopes of silverware undermined last season by deficiencies at a back.
Emirates Stadium outfit have held initial discussions with the St Andrews club over bringing the 24-year-old to North London and the host of Premier League clubs, including Chelsea, Liverpool, Aston Villa and the Stoke have all been linked with the former Walsall and Coventry man this summer.
Now appears that Arsenal have jumped to a head of the queue for the player who moved to Birmingham in a £3.5million deal in the summer of 2009 Wenger is likely to have funds to invest in a transfer market with captain Cesc Fabregas expected to a complete for his multi-million pound return to Barcelona in a coming days.
The imposing centre-back formed an impressive partnership with Roger Johnson before an untimely injury in a January curtailed his the campaign and contributed to a club's eventual demotion and gunners boss Arsene Wenger is known to be a keen to strengthen his defence having seen their hopes of silverware undermined last season by deficiencies at a back.
Emirates Stadium outfit have held initial discussions with the St Andrews club over bringing the 24-year-old to North London and the host of Premier League clubs, including Chelsea, Liverpool, Aston Villa and the Stoke have all been linked with the former Walsall and Coventry man this summer.
Now appears that Arsenal have jumped to a head of the queue for the player who moved to Birmingham in a £3.5million deal in the summer of 2009 Wenger is likely to have funds to invest in a transfer market with captain Cesc Fabregas expected to a complete for his multi-million pound return to Barcelona in a coming days.
No comments:
Post a Comment