Arsenal are looking at a late move for Portugal full-back Cedric Soares to bolster Mikel Arteta’s defence,

The Southampton defender, 28, has less than six months left on his contract at St Mary’s and will consider a move this window, with Ralph Hasenhuttl looking to bring in Kyle Walker-Peters to play at right-back.

With the possibility of Soares leaving for free in the summer, Southampton will listen to a lower offer, under £6million, to get some return on the fee they paid Sporting Lisbon almost five years ago.

It would still represent good value for Arsenal to land a player who won the European Championships with Portugal in 2016, playing the full 120 minutes in the final against France.

Soares has come under consideration to add numbers to Arteta’s defence that has been hit by injuries.

Calum Chambers has played at right-back this season but is out for the campaign, while Hector Bellerin has returned from a serious knee injury and started four Premier League games. Ainsley Maitland-Niles has also featured for Unai Emery and Arteta.

Soares would provide competition in a position following Stephan Lichtsteiner’s departure in the summer after a campaign where he made 23 appearances as Arsenal got to the Europa League final.

PSV close in on van Aanholt

PSV Eindhoven have stepped up their efforts to land Patrick van Aanholt from Crystal Palace.

The Dutch club are willing to spend £8million on the player they had in their youth ranks before he left for Chelsea and established himself in the Premier League at Sunderland and Palace.

Roma have been tracking Van Aanholt but PSV have moved swiftly with their approach for the 29-year-old.

They want to buy Van Aanholt with some of the £27million windfall from Steven Bergwijn’s move to Tottenham.

Bayern Munich made a late enquiry about Bergwijn but Spurs had already pushed ahead with the deal for the winger.

Norwich add bolster midfield options

Norwich are set to sign French midfielder Melvin Sitti from Sochaux in a permanent deal.

The 19-year-old will be part of Daniel Farke’s squad for his survival campaign in the Premier League after impressing in Ligue 2.

Sitti started in Paris FC as a youngster but moved to Sochaux three years ago and has caught the eye in the second tier of French football, with hopes he can make the step up immediately.