The old adage of there being no smoke without fire might not always apply to the football transfer business, but with arsenal having been continually linked with the German international star for years I think we can assume that Julian Draxler has at least been watched carefully by Arsene Wenger.
So with the 23-year old’s current spell at his new club Wolfsburg clearly not working out and the Bundesliga club clearly not seeing eye to eye with their player I was one of many Arsenal fans thinking that the up and coming January transfer window would be the one that finally sees Draxler become a Gunner.
Apparently not though, as the Daily Mail is reporting that the dynamic forward is instead set to sign for the French champions PSG, as long as the two clubs can agree on the transfer fee which is thought to be in the region of £34 million.
That is really not a lot in this day and age and I reckon that Draxler would make a great addition to the Arsenal squad, so has Wenger missed yet another, and possibly his best, chance of getting the player we have been strongly linked with since he broke through as a teenage sensation with Schalke?
Bob.