Arsenal are reportedly lining up a sensational double raid on Juventus for their highly vaunted goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and defender Giorgio Chiellini according to reports in Italy.

Tuttomercatoweb.com suggest Arsene Wenger will approach Juve this summer hoping to persuade the experienced pair to join his youthful squad at the Emirates.

Arsenal have set aside €20 million for the world’s most expensive goalkeeper, who has also been linked with Manchester United, Manchester City and Barcelona, and having recently expressed his unhappiness at some of the criticism he has received this year, an unlikely move may suddenly appear possible.   

Chiellini has been capped 19 times by Italy, and played over 100 games for Juventus following a €6.5 million move from Fiorentina in 2004. He is highly rated and at 6ft 1” and 24 years old, he may be the physical presence Arsene Wenger is looking for to bolster his fragile defence.