Arsenal Consider £20m Offer For Everton Defender

Arsenal is expected to make a renewed bid for Everton defender Phil Jagielka this week as the club come to terms with the imminent departures of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasr, according to the Daily Mail.

Fabregas is due to fly to Barcelona on Monday to complete his £35million move, and Samir Nasri will be sold to Manchester City for £20m.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is also still searching for a midfield replacement for Fabregas, having ruled out Valencia's Juan Mata, but is adamant he will not pay over the odds for players despite raising up to £55m from the sales of his star duo.

Fabregas will finally complete his protracted move to boyhood club Barcelona on Monday when he undergoes a medical, but Barca manager Pep Guardiola has appeared to criticize the premature euphoria of his players Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol, who had used Twitter to announce the Fabregas deal on Friday.

Guardiola said: 'Cesc is still an Arsenal player. When I want to know the latest on the matter I don't look at the tweets of Pique and Puyol. I speak to the directors and they tell me that matters are very advanced but some papers unsigned.'

Fabregas will wear the No 4 shirt at Barca, the shirt once worn there by Guardiola himself.

Given Everton manager David Moyes is unwilling to sell Phil Jagielka, only a £20m bid is likely to succeed, but Arsenal are reluctant to pay that for a player who is 29 this week.

A source close to Jagielka said he is 'ambitious for Champions League football but sensible', indicating that he will not agitate for a move unless Everton decide to sell him.