Barcelona offer £12m for Arsenal's Alex Song

Barcelona have gone to the Gunners with an initial offer of just under £12 million for the Cameroon player, according to Spanish website Marca.com.

The club now await a response, but are reportedly certain that the deal will not be easy due to fears that Arsenal will ask for a higher fee.

However, speaking to Sky Sports recently, Alex Song said: "I am not going to lie if I said there is no interest but I am at Arsenal and I am happy at Arsenal."

It has also been reported that Arsene Wenger is unhappy with the deal as he is reluctant to give up a star player that he himself has developed.

Arguably the French coach has now started to come round to the idea that it will be difficult to hold onto the African midfielder, as he did not include him in the starting eleven for the past two friendlies in Germany.

Considering Song was a regular last season, starting 34 of the 38 Premier League games, it seems significant that Wenger is using him so little this pre-season.