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Sport1 in Germany are reporting that Serge Gnabry to Bayern Munich is as ‘good as done’ in what is a story that is causing mass confusion amongst Arsenal fans.

Speaking not that long ago, Arsene Wenger was adamant that he wanted Serge to stay at the club and after investing over a year in him when he was out injured, as well as rebuilding his confidence post-Tony Pulis and the other years he was at the club, it seemed certain that he would be with us for a while yet.

Now, this…

https://twitter.com/frankereinhard/status/770546646417571840

[via Google translate – Breaking: As @ SPORT1 learned Exchange of Serge’s # Gnabry to # FCBayern virtually perfect. During the Tuesdays enforcement is reported.]

It’s being claimed that they will sign him and then send him out on loan for a year to Werder Bremen.

“I want to keep Serge Gnabry and to extend his contract,” Arsene Wenger said. “We stood by him for a long time.

“We built his confidence when he came back and I allowed him to go to the Olympic Games without having played for us at all, to get him back to competition and to help Germany.

“He’s been here for a long-time and it’s important he stays with us.”

If this is all true, the only thing we can think of is that Serge has asked to leave and Wenger’s comments certainly take on a different tenor if you read them with that in mind. They then read more like a man pointing out to a player that he owes us.

If it is true he’s pushing to leave, that’s pretty disappointing.

If, if, if.