Arsenal hold an interest in John Stones and Ezri Konsa as they look to sign a centre-back this summer following news of an extended period on the sidelines for William Saliba.
Saliba has avoided the need for surgery after injuring his back during France's World Cup semi-final defeat to Spain but the 25-year-old faces a lengthy period of rehabilitation.
Stones is available as a free agent having reached the end of his contract at Manchester City last month. Sky Sports News has reported the England defender is a also a target for Chelsea.
The 32-year-old worked with Mikel Arteta during the Arsenal manager's time as assistant to Pep Guardiola at City.
Konsa, who represented England alongside Stones at the World Cup, is four years younger than Stones at 28 and has two years remaining on his contract at Aston Villa.
Both players can also operate at right-back.
Arsenal have consolidated their defensive options by completing the permanent signing of Piero Hincapie following his loan spell from Bayer Leverkusen last season.
They also have Gabriel, Riccardo Calafiori, Cristhian Mosquera, Jurrien Timber and Ben White as centre-back options.
White has returned to training following the knee injury he suffered in May, while Timber said this week he is "hopefully back soon" as he continues his rehabilitation from a groin problem.
haueiouz
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I wish all arsenal players a speedy recovery
KumahEmmanuel011
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buy konsa rather
Ramone12
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Both Of Y’all Need To Come To North London
muucklmpu
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Kosa can make more sence than Stones and who ever is linking Stones to Arsenal has to be stoned.
jetailmuyz
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Now you can see
Lidbeklruy
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what is this being interested in John Stones and Ezro Konsa when clubs are besy signing players to bolster their squads , Arsenal should be very active in the market beacuse we need strong quality players in our team this season otherwise we might loose the top four this season
votdltuz
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sign Ngoyo and leave the story for the gods 😳🤷♂️🔥💪
Cubabinory
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A player of John Stones age u can only sign him to use him as a backup not for replacement, ManCity was using him as a backup as well, pls Ezri Ngoyo, Maxince Lacroix this are good players forget about Stones, we don't want pensioners,,!!
Ziebelmsy
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if there's nothing about arsenal plz stop creating your own things about arsenal interested how is that helpful to arsenal fans, tell us something that is done not just interest
Motaeklmtz
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Just interested, the player has to show that he wants to play for Arsenal before they move in. if the player doesn't show up the Gunners will pass to the next target.