Arsenal set to buy defensive midfielder M’vila

Arsenal are quickly building on plans to ensure that the start to next season is not as disastrous as their 2011-12 campaign.

After more or less ensuring Lukas Podolski will join the club, Wenger will now offer influential midfielder Alex Song a bumper pay-rise to commit his long-term future to the club.

What’s more, he will also strengthen his defensive midfield options further with a big-money summer move for Yann M’Vila.

Song, 24, has been in sparkling form in recent months and is expected to be offered a five-year deal worth around £75,000 a week.

More important for the club is the defensive steel that M'Vila will bring if he leaves Rennes this summer Rennes are resigned to losing the  21-year-old and will consider offers in excess of £17million.