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Arsenal lodge £24m bid to beat Chelsea and Man Utd to Sami Khedira
ARSENAL have made a £24m bid to beat Chelsea and Manchester United to Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira.
Real are now more than willing to let Khedira leave as they line up moves for Toni Kroos and James Rodriguez.
Khedira battled injury last term and was not impressed by Real's offer of a new contract this summer.
The 26-year-old has been involved in a battle with Bastian Schweinsteiger for the holding role in Germany's midfield at the World Cup.
But reports in Spain suggest that Arsene Wenger has obviously seen enough to persuade him to spend a substantial fee on the former Stuttgart man.
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Arsenal have lodged a bid for Sami Khedira
The Gunners are currently embroiled in negotiations to try and beat Liverpool to Barcelona winger Alexis Sanchez.
But it seems that Khedira also remains a priority as Wenger looks to balance the flair that Sanchez would provide with a bit more steel.
It now remains to be seen whether Real consider £24m enough to let Khedira leave, or wait to see whether interest from Chelsea and United solidifies into a bidding war.
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