Arsene ready for Ewood double swoop

Arsenal are set to put bids into crisis club Blackburn for two of their brightest sparks.

Junior Holliet and Steven N'Zonzi have both impressed at Ewood Park this term despite the Lancashire club being in turmoil on and off the pitch.

If a book was written on how to run a football club, Venky's need to memorise it word for word, with the Rovers' owners making a hash of being in charge of the Premier League side.

Chris Samba, Ryan Nelsen and Phil Jones have already left the club, which gives indications that they could be prepared to let N'Zonzi and Holliet leave as well.

Holliet is out of contract in the summer, whilst the the Frenchman would be available for around £10 million, both within The Gunners' tight wage structure.

Arsene Wenger has made obtaining a defensive midfielder and attacking player his priority in the summer, as well as a forward, with the North London side being fiercely linked with Lukas Podolski.

Paul Hill @paulhill3

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