Arsenal are closing in on the signings of £14.1 million defensive duo Andre Santos and Per Mertesacker,
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Arsenal have agreed a £7.9m fee with Werder Bremen for Mertesacker, 26, and will pay Fenerbahce £6.2m for Santos, who is 28.Werder general manager Klaus Allofs has confirmed that Mertesacker has long wanted to move to the Emirates.He told Sportinformationsdienst: "Per has had the wish to force his career [for] some time. He wanted to play for a big European club. Arsenal was always his favorite club."
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Reports in Germany say that 6ft 6in Mertesacker has agreed an £80,000-a-week deal while Santos is said to have negotiated an Arsenal contract worth £40,000 a week after they had met Fenerbahce's asking price for the attacking full-back.
South Korea captain Park Chu-Young, 26, has completed a move for an initial £3m - although this has yet to be announced by the club - and will beef up Wenger's striker options.
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