31 August 2008
WENGER LOOK AT CHRIST
Arsene Wenger has made enquiries about taking Real Madrid's Christoph Metzelder to the Emirates on loan.
The Germany defender has fallen down the pecking order at the Bernabeu and Wenger needs to bolster his defence af ter selling Philippe Senderos to AC Milan and seeing new signing Mikael Silvestre pick up an injury the moment he walked into the club from Manchester United.
Metzelder, 27, only joined Real last summer, but knows he will struggle to get past established stars such as Fabio Cannavaro and Sergio Ramos.
Arsenal centre-half William Gallas was even booed against FD Twente by his own supporters on Wednesday and Metzelder would see the move as an opportunity to re-start his career.
Free Agent Ian Harte is being looked at by Reading as a possible replacement for Nicky Shorey. Harte was released by Sunderland at the end of last season.
