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The agent from Finland stated that his client is actively interested in the leader of the English championship, London.
It is said that the leaders of the English championship have offered 26 million litas for the 31-year-old goalkeeper.
The Finnish player joined the "Southampton" club in August 2002, when he was bought from the Scottish club "Hearts" for almost 11 million litas.
It is said that the current "Arsenal" goalkeeper, German Jens Lehmann, has lost the coach's trust due to a high number of mistakes in his game. He is also one of the culprits for "Arsenal" not making it to the Champions League semi-finals, as it was after the 34-year-old German's mistake that the winning goal was scored in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final match against "Chelsea" on Wednesday.
Niemi's agent Richard Cody stated that "Arsenal" is interested in his client, but added that the member of the Finnish national team will not try to leave his current team on his own: "I know about Arsenal's interest, but first they need to agree with Southampton."
"Antti definitely won't push to leave," Cody said. "On the contrary, he recently bought a new house and is very satisfied playing here. Of course, he is disappointed that he will leave the club under Gordon Strachan."
