Will Arsenal pay £8m for Tiote, Alderweireld or Manolas?

Gunners linked to Newcastle midfielder and Spain and Greece-based defenders

Newcastle midfielder Cheick Tiote
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The Premier League might be a place for technicians, but there are few engineers knocking around in the game – at least not since the Royal Engineers beat Old Etonians 2-0 to win the 1875 FA Cup – but now, according to the Daily Star, Newcastle midfielder Chieck Tiote wants to "engineer" a move from the north-east to north London.

Apparently the 28-year-old playmaker has decided to call time on his St James' Park career and is hopeful of attracting interest from Arsenal. The Ivory Coast international has been linked with the Gunners in the past and the Star says that Arsene Wenger could view Tiote as a cheaper option than Sami Khedira and William Carvalho, both of whom have been rumoured to be Arsenal targets in recent weeks.

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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.