Arsenal are working on finding new clubs for Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Hector Bellerin before the transfer window closes.
Bellerin’s preferred destination remains Real Betis, were he spent last season on loan, but there is still no agreement between them and Arsenal.
Maitland-Niles has been offered to a number of Premier League clubs, with Bournemouth and Southampton expressing the firmest interest.
The midfielder is into the final 12 months of his current contract at Arsenal, but the club have the option to extend it by a further year.
That has raised the possibility that Maitland-Niles could go on loan this summer and look to secure a permanent move next year.
Meanwhile, Nicolas Pepe was on Thursday travelling to Nice to undergo his medical and finalise a loan move to the French club.
Pepe is hoping the move will be wrapped up in the next 48 hours and he can make his Nice debut on Sunday, when they face Marseille.
The winger, who cost Arsenal a club-record fee of £72million in 2019, will join Nice on a straight loan for the season, with no option to buy him next summer.
Arsenal have been looking to move Pepe on during the current transfer window, but there were a lack of suitors willing to take him on a permanent deal.
The Ivorian is now set to join Nice on loan and he will have just one year left on his Arsenal contract next summer, when the Gunners will have to cash in on him.
