With Friday's transfer window looming, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger confirmed today that the club are 'active' in the transfer market but insisted a deal was not close to completion.
Standard Sport reported earlier that talks are ongoing to sign Julian Draxler from Schalke, whilst a loan move for Juventus striker Mirko Vucinic is a likely back-up option.
Wenger told the official Arsenal website: “Are we active? Yes. Are we close to sign anybody? No.
“There's not long now that's true. First, the situation was going like always in a transfer market - week by week. In the last two weeks it goes day by day, now it goes hour by hour.
“In any hour anything can happen or change but at the moment, unfortunately, we are not signing anybody.”
Wenger also confirmed that Jack Wilshere will miss Sunday's match against Crystal Palace and said Aaron Ramsey will not return for 'some weeks.
“For Sunday he [Wilshere] will be short but he has a chance to be available for the week after at Liverpool.”
“Ramsey will be out for longer because he had a setback and it doesn’t look too good. It is a matter of some weeks for him.”
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