Arsenal put strikers Dybala and Cavani on Christmas wish list

The Gunners may need a centre back but Arsene Wenger is still eyeing forwards next month

Paulo Dybala
(Image credit: Valerio Pennicino/Getty)

As Arsene Wenger spends the day shaking his Christmas presents trying to see if one contains a central defender, it seems that the Arsenal boss has decided to buy himself another striker in the January sales, and Metro reports that he has "moved a step closer" to signing Palermo striker Paulo Dybala.

Instead of buying the biggest turkey in the supermarket, it appears that Wenger has offered the Italian outfit £31.4m for the 20-year-old Dybala. Described by Metro as "one of the most sought after young players in the world", Metro says that Wenger is determined to barge Borussia Dortmund out of the way in the race to sign Dybala. The German club were the frontrunners at one stage, but with their form having collapsed like the North Korean internet, Arsenal are now tipped to sign the striker next month.

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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.