3. Morgan Schneiderlin
This one is the least likely to be completed next week. However some reports in France suggest the Gunners have already completed a deal. Reports from Spain though suggest Arsenal are more keen on Sami Khedira and have already bid £23m, a figure which is likely to be enough to secure his services.
Morgan Schneiderlin has been at Southampton since 2008 and has played in most of the English divisions, going through league one, Championship and now playing in the biggest league in the world. However he is certainly not playing for one of the biggest clubs currently, well not anymore they are not. Southampton managed to sign the Frenchmen from Strasbourg for an estimated £1.2 million but without a doubt his value would have risen throughout his career and especially with his impressive performances for Southampton in the premier league, guiding them to an impressive 8th place finish in only their second season back in the big time.
People may say that Arsenal could do a lot better than signing a Southampton player to play a crucial role in the team, however the defensive midfielder role can be very different in England as it is a lot physical and I think that with Schneiderlin having played in the premier league for 2 seasons now he has experience the league and could be more effective than signing a defensive midfielder from abroad. Liverpool back in 2009, signed Alberto Aquilaini from Roma, for a fee of £17 million. However the Italian didn’t live up to his price tag and only made 18 appearances for the Merseyside club. That is an example of a club looking abroad for a holding midfielder and it not paying off.