It has been variously reported that the Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has won the race to sign Gervinho, but it seems it is not now certain that he will be arriving at the Emirates after all!

IT has also been reported that, although Gervinho is keen to join the Gunners, Wenger has refused to meet their asking price, but he is not the only one as the Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp wants the prolific hitman to join him at White Hart Lane.

Harry would love to get one over on Wenger by outbidding him for one of his top targets, but even Spurs’ bid for Gervinho has been rejected!

The Lille general manager Frederic Paquet was quoted as saying in the Mail: “We received an offer of €12m (£10.6m) from Tottenham which was refused,”

Reports say that Lille are looking for a minimum of 15m euros for Gervinho, but will Wenger (or Redknapp for that matter) raise their offers to match that price?

Arsenal have rejected Liverpool’s £5 million offer for left-back Gael Clichy, deeming it ‘derisory’ for a player of the Frenchman’s quality.

Clichy, 25, has still not signed a new deal at the Emirates Stadium and only has 12 months on his contract, with Gunners manager Arsene Wenger looking to avoid losing his defender on a free transfer next summer.

Liverpool’s Director of Football and former Arsenal scout Damien Comolli orchestrated Clichy’s move from Cannes to North London in 2003 and has targeted his fellow countryman in hope of solving the club’s left-back problems.

Wenger is still hopeful that Clichy will put pen-to-paper on a new long-term deal, although reports suggest that he has several targets in mind if the Toulouse-born star does decide to leave.

Meanwhile, negotiations are continuing with midfielder Samir Nasri, who is still expected to agree a contract extension in the coming weeks despite originally rejecting the financial terms offered to him.