Arsenal are interested in signing a new central midfielder before the transfer deadline later this month.
The Gunners are very short in the midfield department right now, with Mohamed Elneny at the Africa Cup of Nations and Thomas Partey now facing a one-match suspension.
Granit Xhaka is set to return from his suspension after the international break. Ainsley Maitland-Niles was allowed to join AS Roma on loan earlier in the month.