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Arsenal snap up Tottenham midfield target in £15m bargain

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Morgan Schneiderlin

According to reports from The Daily Star earlier this week, Southampton star Morgan Schneiderlin is set to join Arsenal this summer for the incredibly reasonable price of just £15million.

The 25 year-old has emerged as one of the Premier League’s most formidable midfield enforcers since the Saints’ top flight ascension in summer 2012, this term averaging the third-most tackles, 3.6, of any player in the division.

He was expected to leave St. Mary’s last summer amid an enormous exodus of coaching and playing staff from the south coast outfit, including the likes of Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana, Dejan Lovren and manager Mauricio Pochettino, until Southampton publicly refused to sell – as reported by BBC Sport in July.

But that hasn’t stifled long-term interest in the France international – who represented his country at the World Cup last summer – and manager Ronald Koeman recently admitted the Saints would struggle to keep him beyond the summer – as This Is Futbol revealed earlier this month.

Tottenham are known admirers of Schneiderlin, with Pochettino keen to link up with his former player once again – as reported by Mirror Football in December – but The Star claim Arsenal have now won the race for the midfielder’s signature.

They report a £15million deal is already agreed – giving validation to claims made by The Secret Footballer in January, who tweeted; “My understanding is that they [Arsenal] have an agreement already in place with Schneiderlin.”

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  • Stevo says:

    Errrr…….why on earth would Saints part with the best defensive midfielder in the country for £15m!?! We don’t exactly need the money. He may well go, but we only sell for top dollar!

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