Arsene Wenger is confident that Luca Modric will be an Arsenal player next season.

Arsene Wenger has monitored Modric for a year and sees him as a successor to Inter Milan targets Tomas Rosicky and Alex Hleb.

But Zagreb refused to sell him in the summer to quell a revolt from fans unhappy that Eduardo had joined Arsenal.

Dinamo Zagreb president Zdravko Mamic was in London for talks with several clubs including Manchester City,, Tottenham and Chelsea over the transfer of Luka Modric in December, but it is understood that he had already signed a pre-contract agreement with Arsenal when Eduardo signed, and will follow his former team-mate to the Arsenal.