Arsenal Transfers: 5 Confederations Cup Stars Arsene Wenger Would Love To Sign

5. Pepe Reina

Pepe Reina is one of three goalkeepers named in Vicente del Bosque's 23-man Confederations Cup squad and the Liverpool shot-stopper has been a long-term target for the Gunners. He almost swapped Anfield for Arsenal back in 2010 but the club's former owners Hicks and Gillett blocked the move over concerns his sale would send out the wrong message to potential buyers. Since then he's been continuously tipped for a move to the Emirates as the replacement for Wojciech Szcz™sny, who has fallen out of favour under Arsene Wenger. Arsenal have been linked with a number of goalkeepers over the last few months with Stoke keeper Asmir Begovic and Simon Mignolet of Sunderland both reported transfer targets for the veteran French manager, along with Reina. And the Spaniard could be up for a new challenge having spent the last eight years on Merseyside.
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Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.