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Reports claim that Arsene Wenger has shown firm interest in taking Silvestre to Ashburton Grove.
Silvestre has been frozen out of first-team affairs at Old Trafford following some mixed form and a series of niggling injuries.
Sunderland and arch-rivals Man City were said to be leading the chase for the versatile Frenchman - but Arsenal have now joined the race.
Arsenal will be clear favourites to land Silvestre should a £750,000-bid from North London materialise.
The Gooners can offer him Champions League football and, in all honesty, a realistic crack at the league title. Roy Keane's Sunderland are expected to struggle, whilst the Bitter Blues suffered a humiliating 1-0 Uefa Cup defeat to FC Midtjylland as 30,000 City fans dressed up as unoccupied, blue plastic seats.
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