Victor Wanyama is a Gunner!

VICTOR WANYAMA is set to quit Celtic for Arsenal — after admitting on Kenyan TV that talks are ALREADY taking place.

 

The midfielder is back in Africa to captain his country in their World Cup qualifiers.
But he gave an extensive interview to his homeland television station NTV in their The Trend programme at the weekend.

The 21-year-old was repeatedly quizzed about whether his future remained with the Scottish champions, after he was linked with Arsenal, Newcastle United, Stoke City and Inter Milan.

And despite being reluctant to confirm that he was almost certainly leaving the Hoops, Wanyama finally admitted discussions are ongoing about his future — with Gunners boss Arsene Wenger in pole position to land his signature.

When asked if Arsenal had been in contact with him Wanyama replied: “It’s not a good time to talk about this, but right now I still have a contract with Celtic.

“I’m still their player. If anything comes up that is good for me and good for the club, then I’ll move on.
“At the moment, there are some things. There are some talks going on. But I was concentrating on national duty and I left that for my agent. But I haven’t talked with him.”

Wanyama is now worth some £10million — more than ten times the £900,0000 Celtic paid Belgian outfit Beerschot for him in 2011.

He captained his country in their 1-0 World Cup defeat against Nigeria last week — coming up against Parkhead team-mate Efe Ambrose — but suffered a potentially serious leg injury that will rule him out of Wednesday’s game with Malawi.

Wanyama — who needed treatment twice during the game — insisted that he had been subjected to some rough treatment from the African champions.
He said: “I can’t tell how long before I can recover, I will have to wait for a scan to know the extent of the injury.

“I knew it was going to be tough but I had to keep on moving. I went for the ball and one guy caught my shin, and I knew that they wanted to get me.”

The skipper will still travel to Malawi with the Kenya squad and coach Adel Amrouche added: “It is unfortunate but Wanyama is out of the match because he suffered a serious injury against Nigeria.
“We have opted to give him time to rest and recover from the injury.”