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title: "Arsenal consider earth shattering £35m swoop on Liverpool target as Vardy alternative (not Gotze)"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/arsenal-consider-earth-shattering-35m-swoop-on-liverpool-target-as-vardy-alternative-not-gotze/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Jonny Gorrie"
section: "Arsenal Football Club"
published: "2016-06-23T18:25:28Z"
modified: "2016-06-23T18:25:28Z"
---

# Arsenal consider earth shattering £35m swoop on Liverpool target as Vardy alternative (not Gotze)

![mane88](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/mane88.jpg)

**Though Jamie Vardy’s assumed snub of Arsenal has served as somewhat of a bitter thing to swallow amongst the Gunners in the Transfer Tavern, it certainly has opened the door back up to the wonderful world of rumours and reports.**

According to the [Daily Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3654048/Arsenal-hunt-new-striker-Alvaro-Morata-Gonzalo-Higuain-Mario-Gotze-Arsene-Wenger-s-radar.html), manager Arsene Wenger has switched his attentions from his fox hunt of the Foxes forward, to a number of top marksmen around the continental game.

One of those in particular is said to be Southampton ace Sadio Mane, who has been [touted](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3654462/Liverpool-pursuit-25m-Southampton-star-Sadio-Mane-Jurgen-Klopp-steps-transfer-plans.html) as a mega money target for fellow Premier League titans, Liverpool.

The Saints are [believed](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3654048/Arsenal-hunt-new-striker-Alvaro-Morata-Gonzalo-Higuain-Mario-Gotze-Arsene-Wenger-s-radar.html) to value their Senegalese striker at around [£35m](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3654048/Arsenal-hunt-new-striker-Alvaro-Morata-Gonzalo-Higuain-Mario-Gotze-Arsene-Wenger-s-radar.html), having brought him to the South Coast in 2014 for little over £10m.

*Le* *Professeur* is [understood](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3654048/Arsenal-hunt-new-striker-Alvaro-Morata-Gonzalo-Higuain-Mario-Gotze-Arsene-Wenger-s-radar.html) to have been a fan of the 24-year old since his days with Red Bull Salzburg and could [potentially](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3654048/Arsenal-hunt-new-striker-Alvaro-Morata-Gonzalo-Higuain-Mario-Gotze-Arsene-Wenger-s-radar.html) offer swap/loan deal involving the likes of Calum Chambers (a graduate of Southampton’s famed academy) in any deal.

**Is Mane too inconsistent to pay £35m for?!**