Arsenal and France international defender Gael Clichy is undergoing a medical at Manchester City and he has been a regular in the Arsenal defence in recent seasons.

The 25-year-old full-back who joined the Gunners from French club Cannes in 2003, is out of the contract at a Emirates Stadium next summer and he has reportedly told Arsenal he wanted to leave last month, and had been linked with Liverpool and Roma.
The City are rivals for his signature, with the deal reportedly worth £7m and the arsenal boss Arsene Wenger faces an anxious time with playmaker Cesc Fabregas again being linked with Barcelona and the Midfielder Sami Nasri has also been tipped to leave the club, and is thought to be a target for both City and Manchester United.

The Gunners, who return for pre-season training this week ahead of a tour of Malaysia and China, have been strongly linked with a move for Bolton defender Gary Cahill and Wenger recently claimed that it will be late into pre-season before there is significant movement in the transfer market and the We are in a waiting period, everybody is waiting, said the Arsenal boss in an interview with Alsace TV.

International career for Gael Clichy has earned caps with all of France's youth teams for which he was eligible and he was a late participant at under 15 level under coach Luc Rabat and he made his youth international debut on 13 March 2001 in a 3–0 friendly win over Italy.

Clichy appeared in 10 matches as France attempted to qualify for the 2002 UEFA European Under 17 Football Championship and he made his debut with the team on 19 September 2001 in its opening league match of the season for a 1–0 win over Yugoslavia  for a qualifying for the UEFA-sanctioned tournament.

Brazil's Hernanes Dejected With Sending-Off Against France

Brazil midfielder Hernanes could not hide is dissatisfaction after being sent off late in the first-half the Selecao's global welcoming match next to France.
The Lazio player believed arbitrator Wolfgang Stark was too harsh to pull the red card out his booth for landing an ankle boot to the chest of Karim Benzema in the 38th minute.

"I thought the umpire was strict," Hernanes told Globoesporte after the match. "He could give painstaking it to have been my first foul for the period of the match, and given me a forewarning of some sort.

"Instead, he gave me a as the crow flies red [card]. I spoke to him following the match, and things were empty up.

Euro 2012 Special: How Germany, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Portugal, England & Spain Will Line Up For The Qualification Campaign

It's a extended road ahead for the favorites but who will be handed the preliminary shirts over the course of the campaign?
The requirement process for Euro 2012 begins in serious tonight as the continent's top sides get rear into action after the start of their own domestic seasons. For some, it marks the commencement of a new era with new players, while for others it will be a case of improving the players by now within their ranks.

Injuries and suspension have meant that opposing teams have been disallowed from picking their favored XIs for the opening set of fixtures. Nevertheless below we set out what would come into view to be the strongest XI available over the entire course of the qualifiers.

A number of coaches will chop and change while others will stick by their favorites’. So, here is how Germany, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Portugal, England and Spain could line-up between now and the end of the qualification football campaign.