Arsenal eye £10m Mertesacker as David Moyes urges Everton not to sell Phil Jagielka
By Mel Henderson Last updated at 5:32 PM on 30th June 2010
Arsenal are considering a move for £10 million-rated World Cup star Per Mertesacker as they extend their search for defensive reinforcements.
The Gunners are already close to finalising an £8.5 million deal for Laurent Koscielny from French club Lorient.
But boss Arsene Wenger needs to make at least two big-money signings, with both William Gallas and Mikael Silvestre departing. And if Sol Campbell joins Celtic it will leave Arsenal with just two senior central defenders, Thomas Vermaelen and Johan Djourou.
Mertesacker, 25, has been on the Gunners' radar for some time with chief scout Steve Rowley regularly making personal checks on him in action for club side Werder Bremen.
The giant defender's displays in helping Germany to the quarter-finals in South Africa have strengthened the view that he could do a job in the Premiership.
Wenger has been linked with several defenders this summer and has increased his offer for Everton's Phil Jagielka to £10 million.
But Goodison boss David Moyes is urging his board not to part with the 27-year-old and that has persuaded Wenger to consider Mertesacker.
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