Arsenal Transfer News: Latest Sergio Ramos, Sami Khedira, Edinson Cavani Rumours

Arsenal’s bid to bolster their defensive options has reportedly primed the Gunners to make an ambitious enquiry for Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos.

That’s according to Manolete of AS (h/t Tom Conn of InsideSpanishFootball.com), who told La Goleada that Arsene Wenger personally contacted the player’s agent and brother Rene Ramos about a potential deal. Conn’s piece claims that Ramos and Real have suffered a breakdown in contract extension talks.

Here’s a look at the kind of qualities Ramos would bring to the Emirates, should Arsenal strike a shock deal:At this juncture, it’s very difficult to see this transfer coming to fruition. After all, Ramos is arguably the standout defender in world football. While the focus surrounding Madrid is typically hogged by the sensational goalscoring exploits of Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, the defensive side of this team has been vital to the club’s current run of 22 consecutive wins too.

Ramos is not too shabby in front of goal either, as noted here by The Ancelotti Way:With that in mind, Arsenal have next to no chance of striking a deal. Ramos has emerged as a thoroughbred leader for Los Blancos, and given his huge affinity with the Madridistas, it’s surely only a matter of time before a new deal is agreed.The same cannot perhaps be said for another Real man and another reported Arsenal target, Sami Khedira. The German international’s contract is due to expire at the end of the current season and has subsequently been linked with a host of Europe’s most illustrious sides.

But Khedira has told German daily Stuttgarter Nachrichten that he’s hopeful of a deal being struck, per Jose Carlos Menzel of AS:But before any deal for Cavani is struck, it’s vital that the Gunners reinforce their options in defence and holding midfield. Wenger already has a host of forward players in what is an offensively loaded squad, and to spend £50 million on another striker while leaving the defensive areas of this team unaddressed would be plain naive on the part of the Arsenal boss.

Cavani is admittedly a class above both Olivier Giroud and Danny Welbeck—who are capable operators in their own right—but given the aforementioned scarcities in other areas of the pitch and Wenger’s perennial unwillingness to splash the cash in January, this is surely a transfer that won’t happen until the summer window, if at all.



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