Arsene Wenger is set to reignite his interest in
Hamburg's £15million-rated defender Vincent Kompany.
The Belgian centre-back had been on the radar of the
Arsenal boss prior to his move to the Bundesliga for £5.1million
two years ago.
Now Wenger believes the 22-year-old star, rated one of
the best young defenders in Europe, is ready for the Premier
League.
Kompany has Champions League experience having played
against some of the top teams in Europe during his days at
Anderlecht.
He sparked the interest of Chelsea during the reign of
Jose Mourinho after impressing against the Blues. But after moving
to Hamburg Kompany rejected a move because he didn't want to follow
the examples of a string of top players whom he believed had moved
to Stamford Bridge only to see their careers stall.
Kompany said then: "Chelsea came in for me but I
refused although I could have earned double what I had at
Anderlecht. I would rather never go to Chelsea than go at a bad
moment."
Arsenal were were joined by AC Milan in the race to
sign goal keeper Heurelho Gomes, who is set to quit Dutch club, PSV
Eindhoven in the summer.