Alexander Hleb's agent today claimed the midfielder will become the second high-profile player to leave Arsenal this summer.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has already had to deal with Mathieu Flamini agreeing to join AC Milan when his Arsenal contract expires at the end of June, and now Hleb's agent Nikolai Shpilevski claims his client will also be going at the end of the season.

He told Belarussian paper Pressball: "Alexander is preparing to make the most important moves of his life.

"He is leaving Arsenal even though they want to offer him a new long-term contract and better conditions. Only time will tell if leaving is the right decision, but there's no way back now. Everything will be cleared up in the next two weeks."

Hleb joined Arsenal from German club Stuttgart in the summer of 2005 and has so far made 89 league appearances, scoring seven goals. He was linked with Inter Milan earlier in the season - much to the fury of boss Wenger - and now seems likely to join Flamini in Italy.

With Real Madrid openly courting Cesc Fabregas yet again, this could be a worrying summer for Wenger.

Reports today suggest that Emmanuel Adebayor wants a pay rise in line with what stars at Chelsea and Manchester United are earning.

The striker is currently paid £35,000 a week but wants that doubled if he is to stay. But the club are reluctant to break their wage structure.

They did it for Thierry Henry in 2006 in order to keep him after the Champions League defeat - but do not want to do so again.

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