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Sami Khedira celebrates Germany's World Cup triumph
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With three World Cup winners in the Arsenal squad and the FA Cup in the trophy cabinet no-one could claim the Gunners are strangers to success any more, but could they be about to bolster their ranks with a Champions League and World Cup winner?

Arsene Wenger is said to be hot on the heels of box-to-box midfielder Sami Khedira, who is expected to quit Real Madrid this summer, and the Daily Mail reports that Arsenal's are in with a shout of landing German star, although admittedly the shout in question comes from Lukas Podolski.

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.