Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger joins Manchester United and City in race for £40m Monaco midfielder Fabinho

ARSENAL are hoping to muscle in on the Manchester clubs’ interest in Monaco ace Fabinho.

According to reports, Arsene Wenger is hoping to put his hat in the ring over the lack of activity shown by United and City.

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United have focused their efforts on signing a striker as the priority, with a £75million fee reportedly agreed with Everton.

But Wenger is hoping to step up his summer transfer activity, having secured the services of £52.6m striker Alexandre Lacazette from Lyon.

According to France Football, the 23-year-old is set for a move away from the Cote d’Azur, with the Ligue 1 champions refusing to sell him to rivals Paris Saint-Germain.

Fabinho has surprisingly not been involved in Brazil’s most recent internationals, with Tite staying with the settled side that has fired them to the top of the South American qualifying group and a place in Russia.

Arsenal have also been heavily linked with a move for Monaco’s superstar teenager Kylian Mbappe.

The striker is THE most sought after young player in Europe after a series of eye-catching performances for Monaco this term.

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Meanwhile Olivier Giroud’s Arsenal career looks over with Everton, West Ham and Lyon trailing behind Marseille for the centre forward’s signature.

And Wenger faces a challenge to keep Hector Bellerin at the club, and has planned showdown talks with the Spanish defender who is determined to join Barcelona, the city of his birth.

The Gunners completed a deal for Irish youngster Jordan McEneff on a two-year deal last week.