Written by Sean Oakes.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is eyeing a January swoop for highly rated Lyon midfielder Maxime Gonalons, according to reports. The French u21 international has been a long term target of the Gunners boss who now looks likely to approach Lyon for his services.
Wenger sees Gonalons as the ideal shield for his back four. Technically excellant Gonalons is tall, strong and a natural defensive midfielder. A large fee of around £10-12million is expected as Gonalons has a contract until 2014 but with record profits and a hefty transfer kitty available Arsene Wenger will not be put off by this fee. Lyon will not want to lose their home grown star but the lure of Wenger and Arsenal will be too much for the young Frenchman to ignore….
