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Arsenal must loose their pockets to keep Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez inisists former Gunner

Former Arsenal goalkeeper, David Seaman, who won three titles with Arsenal, has implored that club must forego there usual financial frugality to keep the dup at Emirates.

Following recent speculations around new contract talks of Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, Seaman has made it clear that if Arsenal have to won their first Premier League title since 2004, they must keep Ozil and Sanchez at any cost.

"To win the title Arsenal have got to keep their best players," he said, in quotes reported by the Mirror. "We used to do that. When big clubs came calling for Thierry Henry or Patrick Vieira, we always managed to send them packing.

"But then the club went through a phase of selling them, although maybe that was partly because finances forced our hand.

"Now they are in a situation where they have a great chance of winning the Premier League for the first time in 13 years and they don't need to sell.

"The Emirates Stadium is paid for, the bank manager is happy, so if it means paying Sanchez and Ozil what they are worth - or perhaps even a little bit more - just do it.

"If Arsenal lost Sanchez now, they would have to spend a colossal amount of money, maybe £50-60million, to bring in a replacement of his quality.

"Why not just go the extra mile to keep him and Ozil at Arsenal? They are special players, and it's special players who make the difference between winning the major trophies and coming close.

"People talk about breaking the wage structure and upsetting the applecart, but in the dressing room nobody will complain if the club accommodates a couple of higher earners who are in that 'special' bracket and they deliver the title.

"Arsene must make sure that if either of them leaves - and all the supporters hope it doesn't come down to this - it must not be for financial reasons.

"I'm all for good housekeeping, but sometimes in football you've got to push the boat out a bit further. You have to stay ambitious."

Arsenal are currently 2nd in the Premier League, 3 points behind leaders Chelsea and are through to the next round of Champions League as group toppers.

No agreement for transfer of players with Real Madrid, BVB CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke

BVB CEO has put down all the rumours regarding the possible agreement discussions for thetransfer of his players to Real Madrid.

Spanish daily, Marca, claimed on Thursday that Real Madrid had reached an agreement with the German outfits that they will be informed beforehand if Aubameyang, Julian Weigl or Ousama Dembele will be sold to any other clubs.

It was also rumoured that Dortmund would themselves are interested in James Rodriguez and Casemiro to take them to Signal Iduna Park if it's agreeable to Florentino Perez.

However Watzke admitted that he dined with Real Madrid President Florentino Perez and spend time with him during Wednesday's 2-2 draw in Champions League, but did not discuss anything about possible transfer of any player.

"It's right that I had lunch with Fiorentino Perez and we sat next to each other the stadium," he told Bild. "But we did not spend one second taking about players of Borussia Dortmund. There's no agreement."

Well, it was interesting to hear Aubameyang after the match when he reiterated his desire to join his dream club, Real Madrid.

Cavani: I'd like to play with Griezmann one day

PSG striker has expressed his desire to play alongside the Frenchman after offering him a native Uruguayan drink.

Griezmann has been a hot property in the transfer market following his excellent run of form last season with both club and country.

Although he has signed a new five year deal in June, speculations has always been around.

Recently Cavani sparked rumours of a possible union, when he posted on Twitter an invite to join him in enjoying some mate, a traditional Uruguayan drink.

Cavani thought blamed media to get carried away with the situation, but he did not deny his desire to play alongside Griezmann.

"It's the press that said I wanted to invite Antoine Griezmann to Paris," he said.

"I sent him a message to take a Uruguay mate. I'd like to play with him one day, he is a great striker and a beautiful person too."

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Real Madrid let two goal lead slip away, as they finish second in the group

It was a frustrating night for Los Blancos at the Santiago Bernabeu as Dortmund sealed the first place in the dying moments of the Match.

Karim Benzema scored a goal in either halves to give Real Madrid a two goal lead. He also reached 50 goal mark in the club continental competition and could have scored a hat-trick but his header was cleared off the line by Marco Reus.

Real Madrid spurned a few chances to put the game beyond reach of the German outfits. Cristiano Ronaldo was denied by the post but everyone in the stadium felt he should have done better.

Dortmund punished Real Madrid for there missed chances as they hit back, courtesy of the goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Marco Reus. 

Reus scored in the 88th minute to to complete a brilliant comeback and seal the top spot in the group.

Zidane echoed his frustration after the Match but remained positive as his side's unbeaten run reached to 34 match.

"When you see how the second half went you get a bit angry," Zidane told reporters after the match.

"We had the game in our hands but this is football. You need to carry on right to the end. 

"We had chances to score a third, but that's in the past now. We couldn't do any more. I'll analyse the game and we will see when things have calmed down a bit what we can take away.

"I have mixed emotions. Things happen. We missed a few chances to seal the game but we drew and came second in the group. 

"We gave our all to come first, but didn't do it. I'm very proud of the players, their hard work, the things they did.

"Now we need to rest. The second half saw us lose a bit of intensity but we had chances to score a third."

Zidane congratulated Dortmund on finishing first and felt they deserved it across the six matches.

He said: "They are a strong side who make life difficult and at the end of the day we needed to be a bit more on it, but it is in the past now. 

"The group is probably fair with us second and them first.

"There were a lot of chances to score the third goal. Instead, we got Dortmund back into the game. Dortmund deserved first place and they demonstrated how strong they are.

"We gave our all to come first. We didn't achieve it. We wanted to do it but couldn't. 

"We won't go over it again. We came second and we'll now see who we get in the draw."

Real Madrid could face table toppers like Juventus or Arsenal in the last 16, which will take place in February next year.

The draws will be out on 12 December as some mouth watering fixtures are surely on the cards.

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