Santi Cazorla close to landing Arsenal transfer deal
Santi Cazorla
Malaga’s Santi Cazorla is expected in London this week for a medical with Arsenal as both sides closes on a £17.3million transfer deal for the star.
Carzola was quoted last week by Guardian as saying he was interested in joining the English side and with Robin van Persie poised to leave, the capture of Cazorla, 27, will certainly be the major signing of the summer that Arsene Wenger has been promising.
Wenger was beaten to the signature of the Spain midfielder last year by Malaga, who had been seemingly enriched by their purchase by Qatari Sheik Abdullah Bin Nasser Al-Thani.
But the club now have to clear huge debts by the end of the month or face relegation to Spain’s second tier, the loss of their UEFA licence and Champions League expulsion.
Adding Cazorla to the signings of Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud represents the most significant summer strengthening since Arsenal imposed financial constraints on transfers in 2004.
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