Arsenal given price to sign former Chelsea transfer target Malick Fofana

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Arsenal have expressed interest in Lyon’s Malick Fofana (Picture: Getty) Arsenal are weighing up a deadline-day move for Malick Fofana after being given encouragement in their pursuit of the Lyon winger. Mikel Arteta is keen to sign another attacker (Picture: Getty) European football journalist Andy Brassell believes Fofana would be a shrewd signing for Arsenal after they failed to bring in Brazil icon Vinicius Junior from Real Madrid. ‘Straight off, ever since Lyon have been eliminated from the Champions League play-offs, they’ve had a lot of players on the block,’ he told talkSPORT.

Lyon and Belgium star Malick Fofana (Picture: Getty) ‘The quickest way of doing that, because they have at least one more definitely out already, is Malick Fofana. ‘Obviously, he’s been linked with a lot of different teams so far. Arsenal have agreed to sell Gabriel Martinelli (Picture: Getty) ‘Now, even though he’s not Vinicius Jr, clearly, I think him being offered to Arsenal is really interesting because he is a player exactly in the spot where they want a player. ‘His ceiling is very, very high.

He’s got speed and he’s really good at bringing the ball up the pitch quickly. ‘I think he was clocked the season before the one he was injured in as the fastest player in Ligue 1. So, I think that’s an interesting one for sure.’ Reports in France claim Fofana has already spoken to Arteta about a move to Arsenal and is excited about the possibility of joining the Premier League champions.