According to Sport, Arsene Wenger has made Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets at the top of his wish list this summer. The Gunners remained quiet in this window having only signed Petr Cech from Chelsea earlier this month.
The Gunners have been in the market to sign a centre forward as well as defensive midfielder this summer as they look to challenge for Premier League title next seasons. Arsenal has missed on some of their key transfer targets this summer in the likes of Morgan Schneiderlin, Geoffrey Kondogbia and Arturo Vidal.
The emergence of Francis Coquelin last season has decreased Arsenal’s concerns to an extent but an injury to Coquelin will leave Gunners depending on aging Arteta and Mathieu Flamini.
Barcelona star Sergio Busquets has emerged as their new defensive target to decrease their concerns as Wenger sees him very much affordable by the club. The 27-year old is an important part of Barcelona’s plans and has recently signed a new contract till 2019 but the signing of Arda Turan from Atletico Madrid last month could pave the way for the transfer to happen.
The Spanian could be on a move with the last year signing Ivan Rakitic has proved his worth during their treble winning campaign and Iniesta is still their go to man in their midfield which leaves Arda Turan very much to replace Busquets in their starting line-up.
Sergio Busquets has made appearances for Barcelona in their treble winning campaign last year.