Juve want Gunners star thrown into Melo deal and other red-hot gossip

Serie A giants Juventus will only sell their star Brazilian midfielder Felipe Melo to Arsenal as part of an exchange deal involving Robin van Persie. However, the Turin club will also consider Gael Clichy and Bacary Sagna as part of the transfer. Elsewhere, Manchester United are lining up a £9m move for Dinamo Zagreb youngster Milan Badelj, a playmaker who has been hailed as the the new Luka Modric; Juventus have joined Manchester City in the chase for Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain; and Aston Villa’s Senegal defender Habib Beye has threatened to quit the club barely seven months ¬after joining them from Newcastle.