Arsenal have tabled a bid for Valencia forward Juan Mata. A deal worth up to £17.5million has been offered to Valencia for the 23-year-old. It had been reported that Mata’s agent, his father, flew in for talks yesterday, but wearethenorthbank.com understand that wasn’t the case,...

Arsene Wenger is resigned to losing Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona and has earmarked Juan Mata and Karim Benzema as big name replacements. wearethenorthbank.com understands that Arsenal have opened discussions with Valencia over the signing of Mata, who recently starred for Spain during their U21...

No pre-season would be complete without the annual side show that is the future of Cesc Fabregas. Reports of business lunches and multi million pound bids fill the back pages, just as they had last season when Arsenal took a hard line and refused to entertain a £32m offer. Yesterday’s...