Arsenal target Gameiro as Chamakh heads for exit

Will there be any one left at the Emirates next season? That's the question troubling Arsenal fans as another player is rumoured to be on his way out. According to recent reports Nicklas Bendtner, Andrey Arshavin, Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri, Denilson, Gael Clichy and Tomas Rosicky are all heading towards the exit and now Gooners can add another name to the list – Moroccan striker Marouane Chamakh.

The Metro newspaper says that the 27-year-old is the subject of a £9m offer from Italian outfit Lazio, and at that price Arsene Wenger is likely to tell Chamakh to clear his locker.

Though Chamakh has netted 15 times this season since joining Arsenal from Bordeaux, he's been found wanting against the top teams and has failed to form an effective partnership with Robin Van Persie. Lazio are currently fifth in Serie A and believe that Chamakh can help make their strike force even stronger next season as they look to recreate the glory years of the 1990s.

The Daily Mirror says that the Gunners are lining up a double swoop on French outfit Lorient next month with striker Kevin Gameiro and midfielder Morgan Amalfitano on the agenda.

The 26-year-old Amalfitano, a free agent at the end of the season, has attracted interest from Aston Villa and Sevilla, but the Mirror says Wenger hopes to seal the deal by capitalising on the good relationship established between Arsenal and Lorient last summer when the Gunners signed defender Laurent Koscielny from the Brittany club.

Talksport claims that 16-year-old Dennis Praet is at the centre of an unseemly struggle between Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. The latter had at one stage appeared in pole position to sign the Anderlecht midfielder but that was before Liverpool and the Blues arrived on the scene.

Praet, who trialed at Arsenal last season but was too young to be contracted to the Gunners at the time, impressed for Belgium in the Uefa U-17 Championship and is rated one of the most exciting prospects in Europe. It's believed he comes with a £5m price tag, and with his turning 17 on Saturday perhaps it will boil down to which of the three Premier League clubs buy him the biggest birthday present.

The agent of Zlatan Ibrahimovic has rubbished suggestions that his client might be on the brink of moving to Manchester City. In an interview with Italian reporters, Mino Raiola said the  Swedish striker wants to remain with AC Milan and has no intention of moving to England despite City manager Roberto Mancini confessing this week that he liked the cut of Ibrahimovic's jib.

The pair worked together when Mancini was in charge of Inter Milan but Raiola says that won't influence Ibrahimovic's decision. "[Mancini] is well aware of his quality because he had him at Inter," said Raiola. "When the Swede arrived at Inter, they had not won anything yet and then we saw what happened... I believe it's not easy to take Ibra away from AC Milan, and he does not want to leave, he wants to win in Europe with them."

In other news, West Bromwich Albion are chasing Lithuanian defender Marius Stankevicius. The 29-year-old is currently with Italian outfit Sampdoria but Baggies boss Roy Hodgson has identified Stankevicius as a player to bolster their back four next season. The 6ft 3in powerhouse has twice won the Lithuanian Player of the Year award and will cost WBA around £1.5m. ·