Arsenal interested in Mario Lemina

Arsenal have expressed interest in securing the signature of Juventus midfielder Mario Lemina. The 22-year-old joined the Old Lady on a temporary basis from Marseille last summer before the move was made permanent in April.

According to Gazzetta dello Sport, the Gunners have had a £14m offer rejected for the player, who can feature at either centre midfield or right-back.

The Old Lady are said to rate the player highly, but would consider offers in excess of £18m for his services this summer.

Lemina is a full international with Gabon having made his debut against Tunisia in October last year. He played a back-up role at Juventus last term with the likes of Sami Khedira, Claudio Marchisio and Paul Pogba (now at Manchester United) favoured ahead of him in the pecking order.