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Reports have claimed Arsenal target and Southampton star Mario Lemina wants Manchester United to make a move to sign him this summer.

This transfer window has been a very frustrating one for both United and Arsenal, as they have so far been unable to acquire the type of players that would help improve the squad.

Arsenal remain in the market for midfield reinforcements this summer following the departure of Aaron Ramsey to Juventus and have been linked with Southampton’s Lemina.

It is believed that the Saints are willing to let the midfielder leave this summer for a fee of around £15 million, which is a few million less than what they paid to acquire his services a few seasons ago.

However, reports on the Mirror website have claimed that the 25-year old would much prefer a move to United this summer, and is hoping that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer firms up his interest in the coming days.

United are seeking to improve certain areas of the pitch over the next week or so and have been impressed by Lemina since his move to Southampton.

South coast correspondent Alex Crook recently said on the TalkSport website that the midfielder has asked to leave and has an agreement with his boss that he can go if the right offer arrives.

He told TalkSport: “He has an agreement with manager Ralph Hasenhuttl that if the right offer came in, then he would be allowed to leave,”

“It hasn’t worked out for him at Southampton. There is a player in there and some of his performances have been really impressive, but you can count those on one hand.

“I think Ralph Hassenhuttl, as he looks to revamp his squad, just grew frustrated, certainly in the second half of last season that he was never fit and there was a feeling among the powers that be at Southampton that he was not working as hard as he could to get fit.

“What’s interesting is that when Atalanta tried to sign him last week – they wanted him on loan, but Southampton wanted to sell him and their asking price was around £15m. As you know, when Arsenal and Man United are interested that price goes up.”

The agent of Daniele Rugani has admitted that the defender could leave Juventus this summer amid speculation that Arsenal are interested in a potential deal.

The Gunners have left their transfer business until the final few weeks of the window, but have now completed the signings of William Saliba and Dani Ceballos after months of speculation and rumours.

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But there has been some speculation in the media that Arsenal are not stopping there and are seeking to complete one or two new signings in the coming weeks, with Italian defender Rugani high up on the shopping list.

The Gunners are seeking to get back inside the top four and Champions League football and Emery knows he needs to do some last minute business or he could find himself playing Europa League football for another season.

And his agent, Davide Torchia gave a cryptic response when asked about the growing interest in his player.

“In football, everyone does their part,” he said on the TMW website “If there is a company that really wants a player, he picks up the phone, takes a plane and goes to the other club’s office.

BBC Sport journalist David Ornstein has claimed that Arsenal have made an offer to sign Manchester United target Nicolas Pepe this transfer window.

Pepe has become one of the most sought after strikers in the game and has been linked with a mega money move to the Premier League with Arsenal boss Unai Emery keen on a deal.

Despite having one of the best attacks in the game, Emery feels that he needs to keep on improving the attack side of the game to challenge for the Premier League and Champions League titles, And Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is also keen on a transfer deal, as he wants to get the Red Devils scoring goals for fun on a regular basis.

However, with Emery keen to do some more transfer deals after the arrivals of Dani Ceballos and William Saliba, Ornstein has claimed that the huge transfer will be completed this weekend.

He posted on social media: “Arsenal have reached an agreement with Lille to sign Ivory Coast winger Nicolas Pepe for €80m, paid by instalments to fit Arsenal’s budget.

“Five year deal, agent agreement still needed but set to be closed in next 24/48hrs. Napoli also have agreement with Lille but agent rejected proposal.”

There has been a lot of talk in the media that Emery will only have a small transfer kitty to play with this summer, but that is not the case and if they manage to secure a deal for Pepe, they will be signing a class act.

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