Granit Xhaka has emerged as a target for Bayer Leverkusen as Arsenal step up their bid to land Youri Tielemans from Leicester.
The German side are planning for Champions League football next season for the first time in three seasons and are looking to add some experience to their squad. Xhaka offers that and the fact Gunners boss Mikel Arteta wants Foxes ace Tielemans is all the notice the Swiss star needs about his long-term future at the Etihad.
The Arsenal star, 29, is well regarded in Germany after a successful four-year stint with Borussia Moenchengladbach. He left them for Arsenal in 2016 and has had a mixed time in north London, where he has often been made the scapegoat for poor performances and, of course, had a serious falling-out with fans after responding to boos when he was substituted in a game against Crystal Palace in 2019.
