Albert Sambi Lokonga is set to remain with Arsenal this summer despite Arsenal’s interest in Youri Tielemans and the acquisition of Fabio Vieira, football.london understands. Mikel Arteta wants a full-strength group of midfielders for the four competitions next season.
With Mohamed Elneny renewing his contract, Arsenal have the Egyptian plus Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka, Fabio Vieira, Martin Odegaard and the potential youth stars of Charlie Patino and Miguel Azeez in addition to Lokonga.
The interest in Tielemans has lessened in the past week, as reported by Goal, with the club focused on completing potential deals for Gabriel Jesus, Raphinha and Lisandro Martinez. However, despite this, it is unlikely any of the existing core of midfielders will depart and that other central midfield players could be targeted instead.
