{"id":352159,"date":"2011-03-31T09:57:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T09:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/31\/liverpool-arsenal-target-per-mertesacker-could-leave-this-summer-werder-bremen-general-manager-klaus-allofs\/"},"modified":"2011-03-31T09:57:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T09:57:00","slug":"liverpool-arsenal-target-per-mertesacker-could-leave-this-summer-werder-bremen-general-manager-klaus-allofs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/liverpool-arsenal-target-per-mertesacker-could-leave-this-summer-werder-bremen-general-manager-klaus-allofs\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool &#038; Arsenal target Per Mertesacker could leave this summer &#8211; Werder Bremen general manager Klaus Allofs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Phil Haigh<\/h3>\n<h4>31 Mar 2011 10:57:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"58.515879163439\">\n<div readability=\"13.921875\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Per Mertesacker, Germany (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/039da05062830_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Per Mertesacker, Germany (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"19.1985428051\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/germany\/147\/werder-bremen\">Werder Bremen<\/a> general manager Klaus Allofs has hinted that the club will be looking to cash in on reported <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> target <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/germany\/2624\/per-mertesacker\">Per Mertesacker<\/a> before his contract expires at the end of next season.<\/p>\n<p>The German defender has already suggested he would welcome a move to the Premier League and if his manager&#8217;s comments prove to be correct, he could get his switch as early as this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper Tim Wiese is in a similar situation and could also be sold  on this summer with the club currently languishing in 12th position.<\/p>\n<p>Allofs told <em>BILD<\/em>: &#8220;If you are not going to hand out an  extension to an outrunning contract then you need to know all the  possibilities available to you.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am unable to just look after the money, I am also unable to just look after the sport factor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As  soon as we are aware of our fate in the Bundesliga this spring, we are  going to clarify if we are able to sign extensions to these contracts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will be in talks, that is for sure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/039da05062830_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/31\/2419498\/liverpool-arsenal-target-per-mertesacker-could-leave-this-summer-\" title=\"Liverpool &amp; Arsenal target Per Mertesacker could leave this summer - Werder Bremen general manager Klaus Allofs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool &amp; Arsenal target Per Mertesacker could leave this summer &#8211; Werder Bremen general manager Klaus Allofs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Phil Haigh 31 Mar 2011 10:57:00 Per Mertesacker, Germany (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Werder Bremen general manager Klaus Allofs has hinted that the club will be looking to cash in on reported Arsenal and Liverpool target Per Mertesacker before his contract expires at the end of next season. The German defender has already suggested he would welcome a move to the Premier League and if his manager&#8217;s comments prove to be correct, he could get his switch as early as this summer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-352159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Liverpool &amp; Arsenal target Per Mertesacker could leave this summer - Werder Bremen general manager Klaus Allofs - 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\/31\/liverpool-arsenal-target-per-mertesacker-could-leave-this-summer-werder-bremen-general-manager-klaus-allofs\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Liverpool &amp; Arsenal target Per Mertesacker could leave this summer - Werder Bremen general manager Klaus Allofs - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Phil Haigh 31 Mar 2011 10:57:00 Per Mertesacker, Germany (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Werder Bremen general manager Klaus Allofs has hinted that the club will be looking to cash in on reported Arsenal and Liverpool target Per Mertesacker before his contract expires at the end of next season. 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