lionheart
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Arsenal are set to make a £10million swoop for Stuttgart striker Mario Gomez.
Gomez - born in Germany to a Spanish father and German mother - is seen as one of the rising stars in the Bundesliga and has scored 38 goals in 87 games for his club.
Although he could be selected by Spain, Gomez opted to play for the country of his birth and has already been capped nine times, scoring on six occasions.
At 22, he is the perfect age for recruitment by Arsenal manager Wenger, who prefers to mould players into his way of playing rather than spend big on top players who can be set in his ways.
"We don't buy superstars," Wenger said earlier this season. "We make them."
Having yesterday scored all four goals in a massive 4-1 win for Stuttgart against league leaders Wolfsburg making him the Bundesliga's joint top scorer, his value must surely have rocketed... but City could afford him.
Gomez - born in Germany to a Spanish father and German mother - is seen as one of the rising stars in the Bundesliga and has scored 38 goals in 87 games for his club.
Although he could be selected by Spain, Gomez opted to play for the country of his birth and has already been capped nine times, scoring on six occasions.
At 22, he is the perfect age for recruitment by Arsenal manager Wenger, who prefers to mould players into his way of playing rather than spend big on top players who can be set in his ways.
"We don't buy superstars," Wenger said earlier this season. "We make them."
Having yesterday scored all four goals in a massive 4-1 win for Stuttgart against league leaders Wolfsburg making him the Bundesliga's joint top scorer, his value must surely have rocketed... but City could afford him.