Arsenal fans are looking slightly shocked here in the Football Transfer Tavern as Metro seem to think that the Gunners have turned down the chance to sign a midfield hardman.
As one of our punters notes, the club are desperate to land a player who can actually impose themselves in the middle of the park, yet it seems that Newcastle United star Cheick Tiote is not the man for them with Arsene Wenger reportedly turning down a £12 million chance to land the Ivory Coast international
Now we know that Newcastle are no strangers to selling their best talent but even we think they would be making a mistake to let Tiote leave.
Luckily for them, it seems that the Gunners are not willing to take them up on the chance to land the Magpies enforcer.
