Last Updated: Wed, 03 May 2006 10:15
Arsenal are expecting summer bids to take Lauren and Ashley Cole away from the club and they maybe inclined to allow them to leave.
Cameroon international Lauren is wanted by his former club Sevilla and they are said to be ready to pay an asking price of £4million for the player who has not featured since January after he picked up a knee injury. Lauren started his career with Sevilla's B side and may be interested in a return and Arsenal may well want to cash in on him as, in his absence, Emmanuel Eboue has made the right-back spot his own.
Meanwhile Cole is again being linked with a move to Chelsea or Real Madrid in the summer and there is a thought that he has a £16million release clause in his current contract.
Cole has been out for most of the season and his absence has been handled comfortably by the club so the Gunners again may be tempted to allow the player to leave.
Following the fall out between the player and the club after the Chelsea fiasco it has been expected that he would be on his way after the summer's World Cup. With the bidding starting at £16m for a player who has hardly played in the last year the Gunners may see that as a very nice deal indeed.