Arsenal set to pip Newcastle in the race for Swiss ace midfielder Inler after making a £5m bid
13 April 2012
have moved ahead of in the race for Udinese midfielder Goekhan Inler by tabling a £5m bid.
The figure activates the release clause in Inler’s contract, and leaves Arsene Wenger as a clear favourite to sign the Switzerland international.
Arsenal bound? Goekhan Inler in action for Switzerland during Euro 2008.
Newcastle are still hopeful of completing an £8m deal for Deportivo La Coruna’s Argentine centre-back Fabricio Coloccini and a £1.5m move for Metz defender Sebastien Bassong.
Meanwhile, Abdoulaye Faye could be on his way back to the north-west just a year after joining Newcastle from Bolton for £2m. Blackburn, Stoke, Wigan and Everton are all showing an interest in the Senegal centre-back.