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title: "Wenger rebuffed in attempts to sign PSG stars"
canonical: "https://readarsenal.com/2015/08/31/wenger-rebuffed-attempts-sign-psg-stars/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Hamdani"
section: "Arsenal News"
published: "2015-08-31T21:10:36Z"
modified: "2015-08-31T21:14:37Z"
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# Wenger rebuffed in attempts to sign PSG stars

As the transfer window deadline closes in on Tuesday, Arsene Wenger has become more and more desperate to sign someone – almost anyone.

[According to Jeremy Wilson](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/11835672/Arsenal-transfer-news-Hopes-of-deadline-day-signings-fade-fast-as-Arsene-Wenger-draws-a-blank.html), the Deputy Football Correspondent for the *Telegraph*, the Gunners have been rejected on a number of occasions for the potential signings of not just Edinson Cavani, but also 20-year-old Adrien Rabiot and Italy international Marco Verratti.

![Claudio Villa/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readarsenal.com/readarsenal/2015/08/476342992.jpg)

With Arsenal’s only signing of the summer so far being Petr Cech, who joined the club in July for a fee of roughly £11m, Wenger may have left it too late to secure a new signing – and unless the boss can pull off a Mesut Ozil-like signing on Tuesday, he will no doubt face plenty of scrutiny after constantly insisting that he is in the market for a new signing.

The Gunners boss was [pictured earlier on Monday boarding a plane to France](https://metro.co.uk/2015/08/31/arsenal-fans-lose-their-heads-as-arsene-wenger-is-spotted-on-plane-to-paris-amid-transfer-speculation-5369583/), which could be to finalise a last-minute signing, but who it may be remains the question on everyone’s lips.