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Bacary Sagna is ready to do a U-turn, and snub Paris Saint Germain to stay at Arsenal.

French giants PSG are keen on 30-year-old Sagna who seemed certain to leave Arsenal this summer after hitting stalemate on contract negotiations.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has confirmed the club are still hoping to persuade Sagna to sign a new deal as his current contract only has 12 months to run.

It comes after PSG struggled to come up with a package to tempt Sagna because of the incoming tax laws in France and the right back is now more likely to stay at the Emirates.

Sagna wants a two year extension but Arsenal are hoping there may now be a compromise in sight which would persuade him to stay and possibly see him sign a new one-year deal.

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That would be a major boost for Arsenal as they did not want to lose him this summer despite interest from PSG, Russian moneybags Anzhi and also the Middle East.

Wenger is anxious to strengthen his squad this summer but right back may be one slot he does not need to worry about for now.

Arsenal have got Fiorentina striker Stevan Jovetic, Lyon's Max Gonalons, Swansea defender Ashley Williams and Hamburg keeper Rene Adler among their summer targets.

But they may have gone cold on Barcelona star David Villa - even though the 31-year-old will be allowed to leave the Nou Camp this summer.

Arsenal were keen on Villa in January but Barca would not sell. Spain striker Villa is keen to move to get regular games to boost his World Cup chances but Arsenal's No1 target is Jovetic ahead of Villa whose age also counts against him.

Meanwhile, Arsene Wenger last night claimed Lukas Podolski is Arsenal's deadliest striker.