Source: Daily_Mail
Per Mertesacker issues come and get me plea to Arsenal
Germany international Per Mertesacker has issued a come and get me plea to Arsenal after expressing his desire to play in the Premier League. [LNB]Mertesacker, 26, is a giant of a central defender who, at 6ft 6ins tall, is just the kind of player the Gunners' leaky defence needs. [LNB]Arsene Wenger's hunt for a new centre-back was ramped up after Thomas Vermaelen was injured in the weekend defeat at Benfica.[LNB] Premier class: Mertesacker wants to play in England[LNB]'For a national player it is a good thing to get experience of playing abroad,' Mertesacker said in the Bild newspaper.[LNB]'I have said that England excites me.'[LNB]Mertesacker, who is a regular in Joachim Low's Germany team, can leave Bremen on a free next summer so they may be tempted to cash in on one of their most highly-rated players in the current transfer window.[LNB] Down but not out: Wenger is looking at a number of defensive options[LNB]Sporting director Klaus Allofs said: 'Should Per say that he wants to try something different and it is interesting for us, then we will sit down together. We have enough defenders.'[LNB]Wenger has also been linked with Bolton's Gary Cahill and Everton's Phil Jagielka. [LNB]
