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Perry Groves: 'Arsenal should go for Dimitar Berbatov'

Perry Groves says that Arsenal should launch a bid for Fulham forward Dimitar Berbatov.

Former Arsenal midfielder Perry Groves has urged the Gunners to move for Fulham forward Dimitar Berbatov.

The Bulgarian, whose contract runs out at the end of the season, is said to be keen on a move away from Craven Cottage as the Whites face a battle to stay in the Premier League.

Groves said that Olivier Giroud needs relief from striking duties and believes that Berbatov would fit seamlessly into the team.

"The top teams aren't going to let their best players go and you want quality to go in. You could probably get him [Berbatov] for a million or £2m for the last six months of his contract," Groves told talkSPORT.

"He is in a team that's struggling because he won't close full-backs down, he won't go in the channels, but I think, he thinks he's too good for Fulham,Sometimes his body language is, 'what am I doing here? They can't even feed me the ball'.

"If he goes to Arsenal he's not going to think he's better technically than the Arsenal players, he'll think, 'oh I've got players on my level'. Basically it's a no brainer. If you got a year-and-a-half out of him, which I think you can, then he will be a brilliant option if you want to rest Giroud. He wouldn't alter the team pattern at all."

Groves won two League titles and a League Cup winners medal during a six-year spell at Highbury between 1986 and 1992.

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