Arsenal may have been handed boost in pursuit of highly-rated French midfielder

Arsenal are ready to launch a bid for PSG midfielder Christopher Nkunku this summer, write the London Evening Standard.

Le Parisien report that the Ligue 1 champions must generate over £50m from player sales by the end of June in order to comply with UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations.

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Greg Lea

Greg Lea is a freelance football journalist who's filled in wherever FourFourTwo needs him since 2014. He became a Crystal Palace fan after watching a 1-0 loss to Port Vale in 1998, and once got on the scoresheet in a primary school game against Wilfried Zaha's Whitehorse Manor (an own goal in an 8-0 defeat).