Meanwhile, in Italy, negotiations are ongoing t finalise the deal to bring the German, Klose, to the Emirates on-loan.

Arsenal were hoping to secure the signing of Julian Draxler, but it is believed that Arsene Wenger decided against it as he did not want to pay £37 million on the youngster.

However, with only Olivier Giroud and Nicklas Bendtner as Wenger’s first-team senior strikers, he needed to dip into the market for another forward, hence his movement for Lazio forward Klose.

The 35-year-old has been in Italy with Lazio since 2011 and has scored 33 goals in 69 Serie A appearances.

He was previously at Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen and has appeared 130 times for Germany, scoring 68 goals.

Klose has five goals in 15 Serie A games this season and has also created 10 chances.

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