Gunners linked with Higuain

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has been heavily linked in Spain with weighing up a move for Real Madrid forward Gonzalo Higuain.

Wenger is short of options in attack as Robin van Persie is out for most of the season with an ankle injury and the extent of Nicklas Bendtner’s groin problems will not be known until the Denmark striker undergoes a series of tests this week.