Arsenal are ready to hijack Middlesbrough’s plans to land on-loan Cameroon star Geremi on a permanent deal.
The Gunners have been alerted to the fact that Boro are stalling over forking out £8million to Real Madrid for the highly-rated midfielder. And Arsene Wenger is mulling over a daring smash-and-grab raid for the schemer.
Boro boss Steve McClaren took 23-year-old Geremi on a year’s loan from Real in June, but admits that at present he doesn’t have the cash to make the deal permanent.