Arsenal have had an enquiry for Bournemouth midfielder Alex Scott rejected, according to latest reports.
Bournemouth have no intention of selling Scott and instead want to tie him down to a new contract, BBC Sport say.
Scott is also attracting interest from Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea.
Mikel Arteta is keen to strengthen his midfield this summer, with Scott among a number of targets which also include Sandro Tonali, Bruno Guimaraes, Mateus Fernandes and Ayyoub Bouaddi.
According to a report from The Telegraph, meanwhile, Aston Villa have put a £130 million valuation on Arsenal’s top target Morgan Rogers.
Elsewhere, several senior players could leave Manchester City this summer following the appointment of Enzo Maresca, according to The Daily Mail.
Nathan Aké, Rúben Dias, Rico Lewis, Nico Gonzalez and Savinho are among those said to be facing uncertain futures at the club.
The Daily Mail also report Manchester United have no intention of selling Mason Mount this summer despite interest from AC Milan, who are said to be considering a £21.5 million bid for the midfielder.
And PSG and Liverpool target Yan Diomande says he “expects to leave” RB Leipzig.
Arsenal value the aging Bruno at £45m and have a bid of £45m turned down. They value Scott at a slightly higher £48m. Arsenal would see either one of them as back up squad players and are not prepared to exceed £49m as their are younger international midfield players they could buy in the region of £35-£40m on lower wages in Europe and therefore they are assessing their options.
Rogers is valued at £70m plus £10m add ons equalling £80m. The fact that Villa has placed a ridiculous £130m on Rogers, is not that he is worth anywhere near that figure, it is because Villa do not want to sell Rogers and are putting a ridiculous price on him to rid themselves of any bidders.
It looks like Rogers is overpriced and off the Arsenal radar, they may be making a £40m bid for the greek international “Tzolis”, who has better STATs than Rogers, and Tzolis £40m is a more realistic price and has better domestic a much better international form than Rogers, the value is with Tzolis as Villa is showing no interest in selling.