WEMGER;ARSENAL ITASAJILI LAKINI SIO DRAXLER

"The Draxler situation has been created by
the newspapers, not by me," he said. "You
ask me 'what is the situation?' I say nothing
is happening on that front. He will stay at
Schalke.

"At the moment we need more midfielders.
We are open-minded, active and look at the
opportunities.
"We still try to bring at least one body in
because we are hit now by the red card of
Flamini, the setback of Ramsey, the fact that
Wilshere is not available, though I hope that
will be short-term.
"We are short and I am confident we will
bring someone in today. It is 80-20."
Schalke chief Horst Heldt insists that Draxler
is staying with the club for the rest of the
season and 'probably' beyond.
"I am very sure that
Julian will play in the
second half for us -
and probably
beyond," sporting
director Heldt said.
"We are not
interested in letting
Julian go and he has
also not come to us
with the wish to
leave the club.
"Of course, there is
always interest in him and if someone was to
come and make a serious offer for him, then
we would have to deal with that
professionally.
"That applies not only for Julian, but for any
other player."