Celtic swap deal
Arsenal have upped their interest in Celtic defender Kieran Tierney.
Express Sport understands the Gunners view the Scotland international as an ideal long-term replacement for Nacho Monreal.
Celtic want around £25million for Tierney this summer – a large chunk of Arsenal’s budget.
However, the Gunners could offer a fringe player like Carl Jenkinson in a player-plus-cash deal.
Defender deal close
Arsenal are closing in on Saint-Etienne centre-back William Saliba.
French outlet Le10 Sport claim the Gunners have agreed terms with the player over his contract.
However, Arsenal are yet to make a formal bid for the defender, 18.
The Gunners are expected to pay around £27m (€30m) for Saliba.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hint?
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has liked an Instagram post criticising Arsenal boss Unai Emery and the club’s transfer strategy amid reports linking him with Man Utd.
Arsenal fans’ fears over Aubameyang’s future will not have been helped by his latest action on social media.
The striker liked a post from the Gunners’ fan TV channel AFTV.
The post was a video of two AFTV regulars Claude and Ty discussing Arsenal’s summer transfer plans.
The caption of the video called head coach Emery a “puppet” and Claude was critical of the type of player Arsenal have been linked with in the transfer window.