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Arsenal are among the clubs who have been kept informed on Ademola Lookman's situation at Atalanta this summer.

That is according to TBR Football, who claim that Liverpool and Manchester City have also been monitoring the Nigerian.

Paris Saint-Germain are currently the favourites to sign Lookman, who is pushing to leave Atalanta before Deadline Day.

Lauren reckons Arsenal need to sign a winger to provide cover and competition for Bukayo Saka.

"It would be good to have another player there (for Saka). The competitiveness is great but it's also about giving him some rest," he said via MyBettingSites.co.uk.

"You play for the national team, you play in the league, you play in the Champions League, you play FA Cup, you play so many competitions this year. So you need maybe another player so that Saka can have some rest. You have players in the squad who can play on the right in place of Saka. It's more about how Arteta will design the whole season in order to give the right games so as to get the best out of Saka and also give him rest."

Mikel Arteta previously detailed what he wants from new recruits.

“First of all they have to love the game, and someone that loves winning, and after we’re gonna start with the rest,” he explained. “They need to love the club, so they need to be willing to join us for the right reasons, and then characters that can complement what we already have and provide what we don’t have.

“If we need more leadership, we need to go and recruit players with certain experience or certain skills. We have to think about those players, how they are going to fit in in the dressing room, what kind of groups are we going to create within the team, which is really important, and the role of that player.

“Is that player capable of delivering the role, whether it is to be a captain, or more of a finisher, or a sub or someone who is going to bond the team? There’s a lot of roles within a team.”

Gabriel Jesus has no intention of leaving Arsenal this summer.

The Brazilian lost his place as the starting centre-forward to Kai Havertz in the second half of last season and was subsequently linked with a move away, with Saudi Pro League clubs reportedly interested.

However, Jesus wants to stay and fight for his place which has earned the admiration of Mikel Arteta. (Mirror)

Former Arsenal favourite Lauren believes Riccardo Calafiori will emerge as a major asset for the Gunners.

“We saw Calafiori in the Euros and he is a very good player," he told BonusCodeBets.co.uk.

"He is composed with the ball and he can play different positions, both as a left back and a center back, and he can even play in the midfield. He is a very good asset in the team."

The agent of Ivan Toney would rather his client signed for Arsenalthan move to Saudi Arabia.

Toney has been the subject of a £50 million bid from Al-Ahli and the player and his representatives are deciding on their next move. Alan Pardew, who is apparently acquainted with Toney's agent, said on talkSPORT:

"Let me tell you. I know Toney's agent personally, and I think he would like the boy to go to Arsenal. There you go, there's a bit of insight. I know that he thought that might be a good fit for the boy when I had a discussion."