4th June 2011
By Duncan Wright
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ARSENE WENGER has targeted Jermain Defoe as the man to fire a title challenge next season.
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Arsene Wenger is desperate to add a top-class Premier League goalscorer to his squad after another year of failure at the Emirates.
And he believes
Tottenham’s unsettled striker
Jermain Defoe is the man who can fi nally add a cutting edge to
Arsenal’s pretty build-up play.
Spurs are willing to listento offers of around £10m for the England striker, who endured a frustrating campaign at White Hart Lane blighted by injury, loss of form and long spells on the bench.
And boss Harry Redknapp has already started planning for life after Defoe by stepping up his efforts to sign Didier Drogba.
The Chelsea striker is in demand across Europe with AC Milan and Marseilles both keen on the hit man.
But Redknapp is keen to get the 33-year-old in his squad believing he is the kind of player needed to ensure Spurs can secure a top four fi nish next season.
Defoe has cut a frustrated figure over the past year and there are signs both club and player are expecting a parting of the ways during the summer.
So the chance to make the short move to rivals Arsenal would be of huge interest to the former West Ham and Portsmouth star.
The Gunners found goal-scoring one of their biggest problems last season and only Robin Van Persie of the strikers really posed a genuine goal threat.
Wenger knows that needs to change if his side are to compete at home and in Europe, and the predatory instincts of Defoe would be a welcome addition.
The Arsenal boss was frustrated by missed chances, and believes Defoe is the man to solve that problem.
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