Vito Mannone insists that he is happy at Arsenal and hopes to break into the first team this season. The young goalkeeper put in some decent displays for the Gunners last season in the absence of first choice 'keepers Manuel Amunia and Lukasz Fabianski.

The Italian says he did not expect to make so many appearances for the first-team, instead being forced to sit and watch from the Arsenal Hospitality Tickets, but that he enjoyed the opportunity to impress his manager.

Mark Schwarzer has been linked with Arsenal to provide much needed experience for young goalkeepers like Vito Mannone. News emanating from the UK suggests that Portuguese club Sporting Braga have offered Portugal national team stopper Eduardo to the Gunners for around £3.4million ($AUD6million).

Arsenal are tracking Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer, who will compete with Vito Mannone fo the first-team jersey..

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is thought to be in the market for a new goalkeeper after numerous questionable displays from his current batch of shot-stoppers.

Current number one Manuel Almunia has failed to impress at the Emirates following the departure of Jens Lehmann in 2008, back-up goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski made a series of costly mistakes when given a chance between the posts this season and Vito Mannone is lacking in first team outings.

It's the question we're all asking - who will be in goal for our match against Man City? Manager Arsène Wenger was non-committal in his pre-match press conference yesterday, saying that he was still undecided.

Internally of course, he's already made up his mind. There is no way that training sessions would have been conducted with the keeper still being undecided. The defence need to know who's going to be between the sticks.

Arsenal goalkeeper Vito Mannone admits he is 'very pleased' to have retained his place following the return to fitness of Manuel Almunia. Mannone has started seven of the Gunners' last eight games after being thrust into the team while Almunia was laid low with a virus and Lukasz Fabianski was sidelined by a knee injury.

Regular No.1 Almunia is now fit again, but the Spaniard has had to settle for a place on the bench for the last two matches against Birmingham City and AZ Alkmaar after Arsene Wenger kept faith with Mannone.

The Arsenal reserve goalkeeper Lukasz fabianski had an excellent game for the Young Gunners in the 1-0 defeat at Olympiakos last night, and now thinks that he is ready to take over as Number One in the senior team.

“I have started to play a bit and hopefully I am going to get some more games in the future,” he said.

“I want to play in the Premier League. I am preparing myself to play in every single game and I am ready to play in the Premier League. You have to work hard and every time you have an opportunity you have to show what you can do. We will see what happens.”

After yet another goalkeeping blunder enabled the opposition to find the back of the net, it is obvious Arsenal need to find a top-quality goalkeeper, and what better time than the January transfer window.

Twenty-one year old Vito Mannone who showed strong promise in his short spell as first-choice keeper, is still too tender and young to be considered for the dominant role.

Manuel Almunia admits he hasn't been in the best form so far this season.

An unconvincing start to the season saw the Spaniard replaced in goal for a short period by Vito Mannone, and Arsenal's number 1 admits he wasn't quite in the right frame of mind to be playing.

"I didn't feel so well at the start of the season, and I had some bad things around me," he explained. As a result I didn't start the season so well. But I feel well now back on the pitch and I'm feeling 100 per cent in my mind and body."

Milan are tracking young Arsenal goalkeeper Vito Mannone, according to Affaritaliani.it.

Milan have been unable to find a secure goalkeeper with injuries to Marco Storari and Christian Abbiati, while Nelson Dida has been inconsistent. The 21-year-old has made eight appearances in all competitions for the Gunners this campaign and is considered a hot prospect for the future.