Luiz
Gustavo would welcome a move to Arsenal in order to gain more first
team football ahead of the World Cup in Brazil next year.
The Bayern Munich defensive
midfielder, who has found himself playing second fiddle to Javi Martinez
at the European champions, is close to completing a £14million move to
the Emirates this week.
Believing first team opportunities
would continue to be scarce under new manager Pep Guardiola, the
26-year-old is keen to increase his time on the pitch and boost his
international chances by coming to the Premier League.
World Cup vision: Bayern Munich's Luiz Gustavo
(left) favours a move to Arsenal in order to gain more first-team
football and secure a place in the Brazil side next summer
On the hunt: Arsene Wenger is ready to beef up his squad
'My contract with Bayern runs until
2015 but it is very important that I play first-team football to keep
getting called up for Brazil,' he said upon arrival in Basel for
Brazil's friendly with Switzerland on Wednesday.
'I am in a very delicate situation at Bayern and this needs sorting out. I have personal and professional reasons to move.
'I have heard about the Arsenal interest. It's a big club we're talking about here so of course I'd like to play for them.'
Second choice: Gustavo, seen here challenging
Uruguay's Luis Suarez in the Confederations Cup, has found regular
first-team football hard to come by at Bayern
Wanted man: Luiz Gustavo
He added, in quotes reported on The Guardian:
'Arsenal play an attractive brand of football and are in the Champions
League. They also have a very clever manager in Arsene Wenger.
'Even when Bayern beat them in the last Champions League [on away goals] you could see they are not pushovers.'
These comments suggest Gustavo, who
was central for Brazil in their Confederations Cup win this summer, is
more keen on joining Arsenal as opposed to Napoli and Wolfsburg, his
other suitors.
Gustavo started only 20 games for
Bayern in their Treble-winning season and believes that the arrival of
Spain Under 21 international Thiago Alcantara will further undermine his
chances.
'Nobody earns a place in the Brazil
squad with past glories. I need to be playing to show I am in proper
shape for the team, especially now that we have only friendlies before
the World Cup,' he added.
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