Cazorla set for medical as Gunners close in on £17.3m deal

Santi is coming to town: The Malaga ace is set for a medical at Arsenal

Malaga's Santi Cazorla is due to fly into London this week for a medical with Arsenal once a £17.3million fee is agreed.
With Robin van Persie poised to leave, the capture of Cazorla, 27, is the major signing of the summer that Arsene Wenger has been promising. 
Wenger was beaten to the signature of the Spain midfielder last year by Malaga, who had been seemingly enriched by their purchase by Qatari Sheik Abdullah Bin Nasser Al-Thani. 

But the club now have to clear huge debts by the end of the month or face relegation to Spain's second tier, the loss of their UEFA licence and Champions League expulsion.

 

Adding Cazorla to the signings of Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud represents the most significant summer strengthening since Arsenal imposed financial constraints on transfers in 2004.