Arsenal have had a €100million euro (£87million) bid for Kylian Mbappe rejected by Monaco.

The offer is the third turned down already this summer by the French champions, including a world-record fee of €120million (£105million) made by Real Madrid.

A third big club has also been thwarted and although sources would not confirm the identity there has been interest in the precocious teenager from all of Europe’s superpowers.

Those include Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain. Mbappe is from Paris and the club regard him eventually returning to the city as ‘coming home’.

Monaco are determined to keep Mbappe during this transfer window but given three huge offers have been made already – with the possibility of higher bids to come – they face a fight. However given they have flatly rejected such extraordinary bids already it shows their resolve is genuine. They also hope to end the interest by agreeing a new contract with the striker. Monaco insist they will not sell Mbappe now.