Arsenal offer €12.5m for Adrian Lopez

Arsene Wenger has also targeted moves for David Villa and Fernando Llorente but is reluctant to step up his interest in Newcastle United forward Demba Ba due to injury concerns.The Londoners have submitted a formal offer of around €12.5 million, which is lower than the €18m release clause in the forward's contract.According to Goal.com   Arsenal opened talks with Atletico to sign the 24-year-old Spain international before Christmas and have now made their move in an attempt to capture the player in the January window.