Arsenal are interested in bringing Leicester City youngster Ben Chilwell to the Emirates the Mirror have announced.

The Mirror‘s report by John Cross fails to contain much information, but CSAR can confirm that Arsène Wenger sent scouts to watch the 18-year-old during the season.

Chilwell has been a regular in the Leicester City under-21 side this season having previously captained the under-18s. He kept Adnan Januzaj quiet for Manchester United’s under-21 side back in April (the game in which ended Rafael’s season).

The 18-year-old has represented England at under-20 level and received rave reviews from journalists.

He was voted Leicester City’s Academy Player of the Year for 2014-15 having been unfairly overlooked the previous season.

CSAR confirmed last month that Wenger has been looking to replace Kieran Gibbs and Nacho Monreal at left-back and has eyes on the Leicester City youngster as both his long-term replacement and being in the first-team squad as early as next season.

Leicester boss Nigel Pearson has a poor record of bringing youngsters through into the first team despite Chilwell’s clear talents of being a better player than Paul Konchesky.

With the Foxes signing Christian Fuchs earlier this week there is a good chance Arsenal will land their target in the coming weeks. However, the two clubs have yet to agree a price with the player’s value an estimated £2-4 million.