Arsenal were planning to land Di Maria from Real
Madrid last summer's transfer window but for some
surprising reasons the winger opted to stay with the
Los Blancos at Santiago Bernabeu and decided to
fight his place in the team even in the presence of
Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo. This only proves
that Arsenal are in hunting for a flamboyant winger
and there is no better choice than Xherdan Shaqiri
from Bayern Munich. Media reports in Shaqiri's
homeland claim the Switzerland international will be
the subject of a £12.7m bid from Arsene Wenger.
The Infoticker news site claims that the Gunners will
attempt to sign the 21-year-old in January despite
the fact he has only been at the Allianz Arena for just
over a year.
Shaqiri, once hailed as one of Europe's brightest
talents, would need to play on the wing to fit in to
Bayern's system, and he is currently behind Franck
Ribery and Arjen Robben in the pecking order. The
Swiss is finding difficult to penetrate into the starting
11 of Bayern Munich and may be subject to a move
to Arsenal's firing team at the moment. Shaqiri is
under contract until 2016, but that is not likely to be
a stumbling block.
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