Reports in the French press have linked West Ham with a loan move for Bordeaux’s Argentine international striker Fernando Cavenaghi. The interest is expected to be firmed up now the Hammers have been taken over by David Gold and David Sullivan.

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Reports in the French press have linked West Ham with a loan move for Bordeaux’s Argentine international striker Fernando Cavenaghi. The interest is expected to be firmed up now the Hammers have been taken over by David Gold and David Sullivan.

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Argentina’s next generation of talented attacking players are attracting attention from numerous English clubs. The next bright young thing expected to depart to Europe this month is Eduardo Salvio although Atletico Madrid are in pole position to sign the young wideman.

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One of last season’s Argentinian Clausura Championship was Velez Sarsfield’s young centre-half Nicolas Hernan Otamendi. The 21-year-old’s impact in the Clausura title race was such that the likes of Real Madrid have been named as interested suitors and the player himself has now cemented himself into Diego Maradona’s international set-up and is expected to go to the World Cup finals. His form has alerted Rafa Benitez who is looking to strengthen his defence with some younger players and the player dubbed the ‘new Roberto Ayala’ certainly fits the bill.

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With only the top 4 teams in the South American group certain of qualification for the World Cup, Argentina are under pressure as they currently sit 4th going into the match with Brazil. Carlos Dunga’s team top the group by a point from 2nd placed Chile and are five clear of Diego Maradona’s team.

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Everton look set to sign Argentine defensive midfielder Ever Banega on a season-long loan although there may be complications over his work permit. Rafa Benitez and Arsene Wenger are known admirers with both Liverpool and Arsenal strongly linked to a move earlier this summer.

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Manchester United, Chelsea and Inter Milan are reportedly still in the chase for one of the hottest young talents in world football, the Argentine striker Sergio Aguero. However, the youngster certainly won’t come cheap after recent comments from Atletico Madrid club president Enrique Cerezo who revealed, “Perhaps even if an offer for this amount of money (£51m) arrives, we would not accept the sale.”

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Arsenal’s title chances look to have been weakened by the sale of two of their star players in Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure. Despite arguably their main striker leaving, the Gunners still have a number of attacking options available including Robin Van Persie, Nicklas Bendtner, Carlos Vela, Jay Simpson, Andrei Arshavin and Theo Walcott. However, the club are still in need of a defensive midfielder and another top class centre-back as the likes of Johan Djourou, Philippe Senderos, Mikael Silvestre and Alex Song have not proven themselves good enough at the top level. Two cut-price Argentines could be the answer to Arsene Wenger’s needs and available for a reasonable fees compared to some of the stars moving this summer.

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The latest talented Argentine to be linked to the Premier League is Anderlecht’s midfield star Lucas Biglia.

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Argentina’s next generation of talented attacking players are attracting attention from numerous English clubs. Huracan have already sold one of their offensive stars Javier Pastore to Italian Serie A side Palermo while Matias De Federico has been linked to both Tottenham and Liverpool in the last few weeks. The next bright young thing expected to depart to Europe this summer is Eduardo Salvio.

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