Rumours have been surfacing today that Arsene Wenger will make a £10 million bid for Everton play-maker Mikel Arteta. Arsenal have had a poor season so far and are just 3 points ahead of the Blues. The Gunners have been hit hard by the loss of their influential captain Cesc Fabregas until April and see Arteta as a player who could fill the void. Everton would be very unwilling to sell though, especially at such a low price.

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Arteta was brought in on loan in January 2005 seen as a replacement for Thomas Gravesen who moved to Real Madrid, he signed permanently for the Blues in that summer for an undisclosed fee believed to be around £2-3 million. He has since proved to be one of David Moyes best buys playing all over the midfield with his free-kicks as his trade-mark. Yesterday against Sunderland Mikel was Man-of-the-Match with 2 strikes, one a direct free-kick, the other a rebound from another free-kick.

Arteta scores Everton's first in the 3-0 defeat of Sunderland

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Written by Ian Phillips