Arsenal are lining up Youssouf Fofana as an alternative to Declan Rice after West Ham rejected three bids for the England international.
Rice is the Gunners' top target for the summer transfer window after captaining the Hammers to winning the Europa Conference League. But West Ham are demanding a fee in the region of £100million, with Arsenal struggling to negotiate them down from that valuation.
So far they have been unsuccessful and now appear to be exploring alternative options to the 24-year-old. One of them is Fofana, who has impressed for Monaco and was included in France's World Cup squad last winter.
