Juventus after Arsenal's Flamini

[persian boy]

Juventus are weighing up an offer for Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini, according to the Italian club's sporting director Alessio Secco.

Flamini is out of contract at Emirates Stadium in the summer and has yet to agree terms on an extension.

The France international has previously stated his wish to stay with the Gunners, despite repeated talk of interest from Juventus.

Arsene Wenger claimed earlier this month that the Italian giants had been in touch to say they had no plans to sign the 23-year-old.

However, Secco has now conceded that Juventus are assessing the possibility of enticing Flamini to Serie A on a free transfer.

"Arsenal tried to sell Flamini to Birmingham and today Wenger will be happy that he wasn't able to do so," Secco told Tuttosport.

"At the moment, we haven't made an offer, we are thinking about that."

Flamini did appear to be on his way out of Arsenal last summer, only to grasp his chance to establish himself as Cesc Fabregas' midfield partner.

He is currently sidelined with an ankle injury, but has impressed in a holding role after replacing Gilberto Silva as a regular in the team.

England and Italy are 2 completely different styles of football, he'll have to adapt well if he goes. He's a good player though.

[teammelli34]

flamini and hleb are two players from arsenal i would love to have on my team.
they are both a bit underrated in my book.

[Suprah]

Flamini, as long as I can remember, was just an average looking understudy for Patrick Viera and Gilberto for years. It was only this season that Arsene decided to use him in the first team instead that he has thrived as a defensive midfielder in an impressive but fatigued Arsenal side.

Oh and Bayern are interested too.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...424386,00.html

[yashar_fasihnia]

bayern have shown interest in flamini and deco too.. apparently they are losing interest in de rossi..

[SF1]

Andranik always reminds me of him, thats why I think when he came up with the rumour of Arsenal being interested in him I didn't think it to be too unrealistic.

[Adesor Vafaseya]

bayern have shown interest in flamini and deco too.. apparently they are losing interest in de rossi..

any chance they hire Fasihnia, or is he again too expensive???

[persian boy]

flamini and hleb are two players from arsenal i would love to have on my team.
they are both a bit underrated in my book.

fries mikhay?

[teammelli34]

fries mikhay?

yes, and a strawberry milkshake

[abtin_32]

England and Italy are 2 completely different styles of football, he'll have to adapt well if he goes. He's a good player though.

We have Sissoko, C. Zanetti who are excellent defensive mids. Add to that Nocerino who is not that bad either. For crying out loud, we don't need more DMs. We need some world class defenders. Look at our defence line. I know they got Melberg or whoever, but I don't know how much he will add to the defence. We need some experience centre backs and some good full backs.

[izadi17]

why hasnt he signed a new contract yet

[behnam]

We have Sissoko, C. Zanetti who are excellent defensive mids. Add to that Nocerino who is not that bad either. For crying out loud, we don't need more DMs. We need some world class defenders. Look at our defence line. I know they got Melberg or whoever, but I don't know how much he will add to the defence. We need some experience centre backs and some good full backs.

Well said. I couldn't agree more.