Jose Mourinho is plotting to sign his second Arsenal midfielder in the same month as he looks to bolster the options at his disposal at Roma.
Gunners academy graduate Ainsley Maitland-Niles has already upped sticks to the Italian capital to spend the remainder of the campaign on loan at the Stadio Olimpico, but Mourinho is not thought to be done there.
The former Chelsea and Tottenham boss has his sights set firmly on Arsenal's much-maligned Granit Xhaka, half a season after the Switzerland international came incredibly close to joining him last summer before talks collapsed.
