"The Gunners are eyeing a move for £10m-rated Germany defender Per Mertesacker and are already close to finalising an £8.5m deal for defender Laurent Koscielny from French club Lorient." Mertesacker is a pretty great defender who also happens to be enormous.
Bremen is going to put a big price tag on the big defender once the WC is done. I doubt they will sell.
Thing is, most good german players don't leave their country, they usually end up playing for Bayern. I agree, bremen will go high on his price.
^ True, the best players stay at Bayern. I cannot wait to see what the price will be for Ozil and Muller.