Arsenal are preparing to make a third bid for Alexis Claude-Maurice after agreeing personal terms with the highly-rated French forward.
The Gunners are short on cover in attack with Danny Welbeck set to leave the club on a free this summer and have identified the teenager as a work in progress.
Arsenal have already made an approach for Claude-Maurice, but have seen two bids rejected by FC Lorient.
According to Get French Football, the Ligue 2 side are holding out for a transfer fee closer to £18million before they are prepared to accept a bid.
The good news for Arsenal is that Claude-Maurice is keen on a switch to the Emirates, where he will link up with his former team-mate Matteo Guendouzi.
Vaeaekuz
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Arsenal don't even have money to make phone calls to negotiate transfer deals. They only send "please call" to players they want to buy. Kroenke and his useless board are disgraceful. There's a good player in Johannesburg I am recommending for Arsenal but the problem is that they don't have enough credit to contact his agent. Not to talk of transfer fee. Shameful
Bedbcikot
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the coach is ready to buy quality players that will suit what the team need .but the problems is that man called kroenke he don't want to give money for market transfer
Yodbipsu
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This Arsenal kroenke led board management should hide their face in shame for the disrespectful manner they are toying with Arsenal fans emotion making us to believe money can never be invested to Real men.
vobakopt
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We shall all understand, is not emry fault is from the management, arsenal don't have money to buy players that's why he is trying his best to get cheap players