Bendtner set for Arsenal exit

Nicklas Bendtner’s agent and father has confirmed the Denmark international will seek a transfer from Arsenal in the off-season.

Bendtner struggled for first-team action under Arsene Wenger this season, with the 23-year-old mostly deployed off the bench as an impact player in the English Premier League.

The bit-part role has not sat well with Bendtner, who is known for his extreme self-confidence, and the forward has seemingly run out of patience at the Emirates.

Following the Gunners’ season-ending 2-2 draw with Fulham on Sunday, Bendtner’s agent and father has declared his son ready to seek new opportunities elsewhere.

“Nicklas is 100 percent open now to a change of clubs,” Thomas Bendtner told the Daily Mirror.

“He has made his decision and he has told it to Arsenal. Nicklas needs to be playing from the start so, sadly, he must leave.”

“He wanted to finish the season first, so no-one could say he didn’t fight for a first-team place right until the end.”

“There is real interest from both English and German clubs, and Bayern Munich were after him, earlier. It’s very exciting.”

Bendtner has been linked to a move to Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund, with Wenger reportedly keen to use the Dane as a makeweight in a deal that would see German starlet Mario Goetze move to north London.

The Dane’s departure could be one of many at the Emirates this off-season, with Samir Nasri and Gael Clichy stalling contract discussions and Andrei Arshavin, Tomas Rosicky and Carlos Vela all reportedly weighing up their options following Arsenal’s disappointing campaign.

Arsenal captain and talisman Cesc Fabregas, a perennial target of boyhood club Barcelona, is also expected to come under renewed transfer speculation.