Real Madrid agreed with Arsenal for Contract Rebel Sami Khedira

Arsenal have agreed ‘in principal’ to a deal to sign Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira in the January transfer window with the Bernabeu side keen to cash in on the 27 year old. Khedira has turned down the offer of a new contract and with his current deal set to expire next summer the Spanish giants wish to sell the former Stuttgart man when the transfer window re-opens to prevent losing the midfield battler on a free transfer. 

Arsenal have put in an offer that meets Real Madrid’s €15m (£11m) price-tag and this would leave Arsene Wenger in the clear to negotiate with Khedira though the World Cup winner must first prove himself to have recovered from arthroscopic surgery on his knee before any deal can be struck. Wenger will be handed £30m to invest in his squad in January and the need to bring in a steely midfield presence is clear and the Gunners boss is known to have a long running interest in Khedira.

 

 The defensively minded midfielder missed most of last term due to his knee injury but returned to help Real Madrid secure a Champions League triumph and then played a prominent role in Joachim Low’s national team triumph in Brazil before once again being sidelined with injury.