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Arsenal boss Wenger: No need to buy replacement if Almunia departs

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is delighted with his goalkeeper options.

Manuel Almunia could leave this January.

But if he does, Wenger expects another youngster to step up.

"No [I won't sign another keeper] because we still have Vito Mannone who plays at Hull who is available," Wenger told arsenal.com.

"I think Almunia will stay, then we have three goalkeepers. People want us to have four, five, six, I don't know.

"We have a young Argentinean boy [Emilio Martinez] as well who is very good. We have plenty of goalkeepers, I think a club who works well can produce good goalkeepers."

Mannone recently extended his loan deal with Hull until the end of the season. Wenger is not sure whether he can recall him.

"It is a complicated question to answer because I don't think we are [able to]," he said.

"We had to make a decision at the time before we knew Almunia was going out or not. I didn't want the problem of bringing Vito back and being No 3 so we took the gamble. I think we can bring him back only in the case of exceptional injury."

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