The search is also on for a new right-back signing with Bacary Sagna seemingly set to leave Arsenal when his contract expires in a little over a month’s time.
Eintracht Frankfurt youngster Sebastian Jung is said to be Wenger’s first choice for the role and wouldn’t cost a huge sum though Toulouse’s Serge Aurier has also long been linked with a move to the Emirates Stadium.
Arsene Wenger will also look to bring in a keeper with Lukasz Fabianski tempted by offers from Bundesliga clubs Schalke and Borussia Dortmund.
Belgian defender Thomas Vermaelen may also look to leave having spent much of the last 18 months warming the bench with Wenger preferring to use Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny as his first choice central defensive pair.
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