Eurosport - Mon, 29 Jun 09:38:00 2009
Arsenal are rumoured to be preparing a bid for Lyon striker Karim Benzema in an audacious move that could see the London club poach him from under arch rivals Manchester United's nose.
A reported £30 million has been set aside to procure the services of the 21-year-old Frenchman.
However the deal relies heavily on Wenger agreeing to sell Emmanuel Adebayor to Italian heavyweights Milan, something which would further shake up the transfer market.
The Gunners also have to contend with Real madrid, who have reportedly already made a 32m euro bid for Benzema.
The news has sparked debate among Eurosport message board users with some of the comments shown below.
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Leaw - "I think it would be a great deal .Benzema would be the perfect man to replace Adebayor, and I think he would do just great with Arsenal."
Dagic - "Benzema is as good as Adebayor and he is younger so worth more money. Come on Arsenal! Sign him."
Edylan - "Personally I believe that Benzema is a star of the future if not a star now. He would prefer a move to Arsenal and would play better under Arsene Wenger if they ship Adebayor to Milan but they must not sell there new captain Fabregas."
Linkyangel - "After selling Kaka, Fabregas would be very helpful for Milan. I have serious doubts about Adebayor though."
michelle.lieberman23 - "Yay, Benzema to Arsenal, go for it Mr. Wenger he's French so we should stand a good chance of getting him to agree to come to The Arsenal with his other French team-mates. After all he wouldn't want to play for 'old purple nose' would he?"
Loll P - "Wenger spent a little more on Andrei and look what happened. Arsenal have good players but need a few special ingredients, Benzema could be just that. Just imagine Arshavin, Fabregas and Benzema."
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I need him to compliment Ashavin and Van Persi. Arsenal needs a dare-devil in front of goal like Benzima and not a weakline like Adebayo. Let Wenger package the deal with an offload of Ade.
go to juve or something fabre............lol
Why Adebayor want to go out? Plz tell me anyone..
we need a very good striker sum one like messi some 1 who can put the ball in the back of the net and keep doing that. v.p is goood but he needs support now ade is goin.. not this Benzema he is @#$% maby even eto,o.
benzema should come to arsenl .gunners forever
Every single player that goes to Arsenal improves..thats a fact.
So if Arsen buys these all ready established players look what might happen?
Imagin if Benzema came to Arsenal all we would need is another defender & holding midfield player and we will be sorted for next season.
It wont guarantee titles but it will certainly be closer then last season, more goals and more clean sheets.
Eddy Namibia. A.W. PLS SIGN HIM HE IS AL WHAT WE NEED IN ARNSENAL NOT ADBAYO
cmon wenger...a quality striker is all we need....and benzema would fit into tyhe side perfectly....just do it
BENZEMA WOULD GO FOR ARSENAL BECAUSE OF ARSENE HE BOUGHT THE BEST OUT OF HENRY & CESC. AND BENZEMA HAS EXPRESSED HIS DESIRE TO MOVE TO ARSENAL & BECOME A LEGEND JUST LIKE HENRY, BERGKAMP AND WRIGHT
Wenger would not have that amount of cash to spend .
Arsenal is well known for it's low budget signings .
Although trading Adebayor with cash for Benzema would be a nice deal .
But i don't think Benzema will choose Arsenal over ManUtd .
Considering the glory ManUtd had achieve for the past seasons .
To be honest , this is just an illusion .
An imaginary bid .
Wake up guys .
Manchester United 4eva
Benzema will be just perfect for arsenal, Wenger do go for him.
By Emmanuel
Think of something else, why should you spend such money or you don't have other options. I trust you will never do such stupid things. you can give 5mil to Newcastle to sign Martins instead of spending such a huge amount of meney.
If I were AW, I would sell Adebayor, Gallas and Silvestre and improve Arsenal's bid for Benzema since there is competition from other big clubs. I would then buy a defender and defensive midfielder with the left over money.
arsenal should oviusly sign benzema cos he is a fantasty foot baller who could bring a change to the club i believe but you should remember too that arsenal at this time need more of eldery talented foot ballers.finally i contributed that fabregas should not be shell in any circumstances cos he is among ythe worlb best midfielders so letting him go ill seriously affect the club.omar darboe from The Gamboa
arsewenger go for him now,benzema is the real man we want him and we need trophy next season
from tope makanjuola
I hear so many people say go out and buy a proven name for big money, but why? Was Viera a proven name, Henry, Fabregas? the list is endless of players Wenger has brought into the club who have excelled. Why spend big, when you can get a decent player and mould him into a world class one, reap the results of that and when it is time for the player to leave, make a profit on the sale. Wenger is the best in the business at this, and long may he continue to operate this policy, lets not fall into the trap of Leeds Utd and many other clubs and sacrifice the long term stability of our great club by focusing on short term gains.
Pls sir we need him cose he is a good stiker & we need him to sharpen our arterking force pls coach dnt let us down this time get him now. Thanks. CHIKA ALFRED from nigeria
wenger,don;t waste our money on benzenma,his ben, a goal magician he will not give us instant result ,for instant oriented result martins, is the answer price him away frm newcastle,to me i kick against the 30millinonpound and benzenma.
scoring goals is not a problem, conceeding them is. A nice sturdy defender please and a centre midfield enforcer.
Benzema should come to Arsenal........we saw Thierry Henry becoming the best striker in the world under Arsene Wenger..........so Benzema should choose Arsenal from his list if he wants to be the best
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