If as a Premier League manager of growing desperation you are searching for a central defender, perhaps there are worse places to look than Atletico Madrid. Diego Simeone’s club had a defensive record to rival any club in Europe last season, with Diego Godin a rock alongside Jose Gimenez in an all-Uruguayan partnership. So in a way, it is no surprise that according to the Daily Mail, Wenger is pursuing Gimenez, the 21-year-old Uruguay international.
In keeping with a summer of ever-steepling transfer fees, Gimenez would cost around £40 million ($52.6 million), which may be a sticking point as Wenger is currently prevaricating over whether to buy Shkodran Mustafi, the Valencia defender, for £30 million ($39.5 million). Read more
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