Reports in the Spanish press say that David Villa has an offer on the table for Arsenal as he considers his footballing future this summer.

The Gunners were strongly linked with the Spanish international in January, but the Catalan club were unwilling to let the player leave – despite his desire to do so – while they were still involved in a number of competitions.

Sport report that Villa also has Liverpool and Sp*rs as potential options, but would prefer to join Arsenal, with the Spanish contingent of Arteta, Cazorla and Monreal a factor.

The club has also been ‘sold’ to him by former Arsenal players in the current Barcelona set-up, and while the other options available to him may be interesting to him from a financial point of view, only Arsenal can offer Champions League football next season.

The stumbling block is likely to be the price, and with Barcelona looking for around €14m for a 31 year old, Arsene Wenger may be put off.

However, it wouldn’t be atypical for us to do a deal with the La Liga champions that was greatly to our benefit.