Arsene Wenger: Santi Cazorla "is a great player"

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has fuelled speculation that he is trying to sign Santi Cazorla from Malaga this summer.

The Spanish international has been heavily linked with a move to North London, with his employers struggling to pay his wages each month.

Current Arsenal midfielder Mikel Arteta recently praised the ability of his compatriot, a view which his boss shares.

"You see I have come here to say as little as possible!" Wenger told reporters. "I am ready to talk a lot, but not a lot about transfers, because it is a very fragile subject and a very secret subject.

"I share the opinion of Mikel Arteta. [Cazorla] is a great player."

Cazorla scored nine goals in La Liga last season.