Thursday, 6th February, 2014
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is playing his summer transfer cards close to his chest, refusing to be drawn into speculation over who he might bid for.
The Gunners only managed to add Kim Kallstrom to their squad in January, the Swedish midfielder arriving on loan, despite being linked with a number of high profile targets.
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Last summer Arsenal broke their transfer record by paying £42.5m to sign Mesut Ozil from Real Madrid and hopes are high they may repeat the trick.
But when asked about the transfer window and his speculated interest in the likes of Julian Draxler and Diego Costa, Wenger was not in the mood to play ball.
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"You understand very well that at the moment my focus is on Liverpool and not so much on the transfer market", he told a press conference.
"All the players you name are big players, but my eye is not so much on the transfer market at the moment", Wenger added.
Both Draxler and Costa are known to have release clauses in their respective contracts, meaning the hardest part of Wenger's job may be to persuade them to move to the Emirates Stadium, if he does indeed push for the pair in the summer window.
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