For Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez in the last two summers , read Arturo Vidal this summer. Arsene Wenger has seemingly accepted his fallacy in going for talented,young but yet unproven rough diamonds over the years , and has been targeting proven winners recently. It has been a welcome change for their fans too, who have watched Arsenal defy their burgeoning reputation as a perennial feeder club and go on to sign two superstars of the football world.<\/p>\n
It is no coincidence that their arrival has led to Gunners breaking their long trophy drought and winning consecutive FA Cups.<\/p>\n
In his penultimate season at the club , time is fast running out for Wenger for a final tilt at the title , and if reports in the Spanish outlet COPE are to be believed, they may have as good a chance of doing it this year as they have had in a long time , not since the club moved to Emirates.<\/p>\n
The Spanish broadcaster reports that Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal is 90% certain to join Arsenal from Juventus this summer, after the two clubs agreed a \u20ac30 million fee over the weekend. An announcement is imminent, with Vidal, who is touted as one of the best box-to-box midfielders in the game, set to join Petr Cech in the list of Arsenal newcomers this week.<\/p>\n
Vidal, a winner of four consecutive Scudetti <\/em>with Juventus , since joining from Bayer Leverkusen in 2011 , is set to sign a five-year deal with the Gunners amid interest from rivals Manchester United.<\/p>\n The player is currently involved with Chile at Copa America , where his compatriot Alexis Sanchez has been imploring him to sign for the Gunners. Arsene Wenger has reportedly spoken with the player himself , which is seemingly responsible for influencing Vidal to choose Arsenal over United. The 28-year-old has been the driving force in the midfield for the Old Lady for the past four seasons , and scored 8 goals and created 4 assists in 45 appearances for the Bianconeri last season.<\/p>\n As the old adage goes, Juventus’ loss is Arsenal’s gain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez in the last two summers , read Arturo Vidal this summer. Arsene Wenger has seemingly accepted his fallacy in going for talented,young but yet unproven rough diamonds over the years , and has been targeting proven winners recently. It has been a welcome change for their fans too, who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[549],"tags":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n