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.

Arsenal fear that midfielder Samir Nasri and Gael Clichy could leave the club this summer

The pair have only a year left on their deals and Nasri, 23, has been linked with Manchester United, while Clichy, 25, is a rumoured target for Liverpool and they are more significant concern is over the Nasri situation.

But the Gunners, who could also face for a fight to keep  stress that the door is open for Nasri and Clichy to negotiate new deals for a After a sixth season without a trophy, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is expected to strengthen his squad this summer.
He is like to make one signing from France and that it is unlikely to be Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard, who has been linked with the club.

BBC Sport understands Arsenal are working on a deal for the Hazard's Lille team-mate, Ivory Coast forward Gervinho, but reports that it could be completed this weekend appear wide of a mark and as the clubs are struggling to agree a fee.

However, Wenger's hopes of ending the club's trophy drought will be dealt a blow if he loses both Clichy and Nasri signed for the Gunners in July 2008 from Marseille and has publicly stated his uncertainty over his Arsenal future, while not ruling out a move to Manchester United.