Arsenal prepare new £7m Guaita bid
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Arsenal prepare new £7million bid for Valencia goalkeeper Vicente Guaita
Arsenal are set to make a new bid for Valencia goalkeeper Vicente Guaita after the La Liga club rejected an opening £4million offer.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has turned to highly rated Guaita as he looks to add at least three new faces to his squad before the transfer window shuts on September 2.
However, doing a deal for the 26-year-old has so far proved tricky, with Valencia snubbing Arsenals opening bid of £4million on Wednesday.
Wenger has dispatched chief negotiator Richard Law to Spain to try and do business, but he has so far failed to make Valencia budge on their £25million valuation.
Guaita, who is also a long-term target for Barcelona and AC Milan, has already informed Valencia he would like to leave, after becoming frustrated with the new keeper rotation policy introduced by manager Miroslav Dukic.
Wenger hopes to capitalise on the player being unhappy by pushing to land him for a cut price, with a £7million offer set to go in the next few days.
Arsenal have lined up Stoke ace Asmir Begovic and Saint Etienne shot-stopper Stephane Ruffier as alternatives, but Wenger would prefer Guaita is possible.
Guaita is contracted to Valencia until 2015.
Arsenal are set to make a new bid for Valencia goalkeeper Vicente Guaita after the La Liga club rejected an opening £4million offer.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has turned to highly rated Guaita as he looks to add at least three new faces to his squad before the transfer window shuts on September 2.
However, doing a deal for the 26-year-old has so far proved tricky, with Valencia snubbing Arsenals opening bid of £4million on Wednesday.
Wenger has dispatched chief negotiator Richard Law to Spain to try and do business, but he has so far failed to make Valencia budge on their £25million valuation.
Guaita, who is also a long-term target for Barcelona and AC Milan, has already informed Valencia he would like to leave, after becoming frustrated with the new keeper rotation policy introduced by manager Miroslav Dukic.
Wenger hopes to capitalise on the player being unhappy by pushing to land him for a cut price, with a £7million offer set to go in the next few days.
Arsenal have lined up Stoke ace Asmir Begovic and Saint Etienne shot-stopper Stephane Ruffier as alternatives, but Wenger would prefer Guaita is possible.
Guaita is contracted to Valencia until 2015.
