{"id":339632,"date":"2011-03-26T09:18:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T09:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/26\/arsenal-and-liverpool-turn-their-attentions-to-roma-defender-philippe-mexes-report\/"},"modified":"2011-03-26T09:18:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-26T09:18:00","slug":"arsenal-and-liverpool-turn-their-attentions-to-roma-defender-philippe-mexes-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/26\/arsenal-and-liverpool-turn-their-attentions-to-roma-defender-philippe-mexes-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal and Liverpool turn their attentions to Roma defender Philippe Mexes &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h4>26 Mar 2011 09:18:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"65.140725570509\">\n<div readability=\"13.136842105263\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Philippe Mexes - Roma (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/22682ae0113782_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Philippe Mexes &#8211; Roma (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"30.183135704875\"><\/p>\n<p>Premier League rivals <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/98\/liverpool\">Liverpool<\/a> are set to battle it out for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/france\/17\/france\">France<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/italy\/7\/roma\">Roma<\/a> defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/4995\/philippe-mexes\/national\">Philippe Mexes<\/a>, who will be out of contract in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>It is thought the pair are turning their attentions to Mexes because their long-term target, Bolton Wanderers defender Gary Cahill, is carrying a \u00a315 million price-tag which both clubs are reluctant to pay.<\/p>\n<p>England international Cahill has attracted lots of interest over the past two seasons years after being a stand-out performer for the Trotters, and their reluctance to lose their star man could see would-be suitors look elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Mexes is sure to set a bidding frenzy in the summer if he is to become a free agent after being a top performer for France and Roma for several years. Defending Serie A champions Inter are known to be long-term admirers.<\/p>\n<p>Arsene Wenger has been tracking the progress of Mexes since he was a youngster at French club Auxerre, and it is now thought that the Arsenal boss sees the 28-year-old as the man to shore up his defence, though apparently he can expect to face stern competition from Kenny Dalglish at Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Dalglish is looking to stamp his own mark on a Liverpool squad that has failed to live up to expectations in recent years, and with the ageing Jamie Carragher and injury-prone Daniel Agger in defence, the Scot will be hoping to convince Mexes that his future lies at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/22682ae0113782_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/26\/2411928\/arsenal-and-liverpool-turn-their-attentions-to-roma-defender\" title=\"Arsenal and Liverpool turn their attentions to Roma defender Philippe Mexes - report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal and Liverpool turn their attentions to Roma defender Philippe Mexes &#8211; report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 26 Mar 2011 09:18:00 Philippe Mexes &#8211; Roma (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Premier League rivals Arsenal and Liverpool are set to battle it out for France and Roma defender Philippe Mexes , who will be out of contract in the summer. It is thought the pair are turning their attentions to Mexes because their long-term target, Bolton Wanderers defender Gary Cahill, is carrying a \u00a315 million price-tag which both clubs are reluctant to pay. England international Cahill has attracted lots of interest over the past two seasons years after being a stand-out performer for the Trotters, and their reluctance to lose their star man could see would-be suitors look elsewhere<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-339632","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsenal and Liverpool turn their attentions to Roma defender Philippe Mexes - report - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/26\/arsenal-and-liverpool-turn-their-attentions-to-roma-defender-philippe-mexes-report\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Arsenal and Liverpool turn their attentions to Roma defender Philippe Mexes - report - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"26 Mar 2011 09:18:00 Philippe Mexes - Roma (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Premier League rivals Arsenal and Liverpool are set to battle it out for France and Roma defender Philippe Mexes , who will be out of contract in the summer. 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