Arsenal have moved a step closer to taking Schalke's Julian Draxler to the club with a deal expected to be finalised this weekend as Arsene Wenger's moves to consolidate his best chance of winning the Premier League title since his Invincible team of 2003-04.
Schalke and Arsenal are still in negotiations for the 20-year-old but the player wants to move to the club and the expectation on both sides is that a compromise will be reached this week.
Arsenal do not want to go higher than £30million while Schalke want close to £35m. Ultimately Arsenal are likely to agree to a deal with additional clauses that could bring the fee up to what Schalke want.
The fact that Arsenal are willing to spend another huge chunk of money just five months after obliterating their transfer record by signing Mesut Ozil for £42m will come as an enormous relief to fans.
Just as it seemed the club had lost their ability to get ahead in the transfer market, now there is renewed confidence at every level. It is 10 years since Arsenal truly dominated English football and, with Wenger's team now top of the League but short of attacking options up front, the club have decided not to rest on their laurels. Put simply, there may not be a better chance to win the title for some years and Arsenal do not want to let it slip by.
They started the January window fixed on a loan move, first for Alvaro Morata from Real Madrid, then for Mirko Vucinic from Juventus, conventional centre-forwards to provide back-up for Olivier Giroud.
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