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Arsenal target Thomas Lemar left the Monaco training ground upset on Monday after a training ground bust-up between teammates.

Lemar wasn’t directly involved in the spat, which was between Kylian Mbappe and Fabinho, but the France international winger was clearly effected by the incident.

So much so that he left the training ground refusing to sign any autographs for waiting fans as tensions run high at the French champions.

Monaco have sold a number of last season’s title winning squad, with Bernardo Silva and Benjamin Mendy going to Manchester City and midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko moving to Chelsea.

Speculation continues to rage over Mbappe, who is wanted by Real Madrid, PSG, Barcelona and Manchester City, while Arsenal remain in the hunt for Lemar despite having multiple bids knocked back.

Fabinho has also been linked with move away, with Manchester United believed to be one of the club’s interested in the midfielder.

The trio are the three highest profile players left at Monaco, but tensions are believed to be high between Mbappe and Fabinho with the former said to have decided his future is best served away from the Ligue 1 champions.

And that spilled over during training on Monday in what Monaco will view as a worrying development with over three weeks still remaining of the transfer window.

Lemar was far from impressed and Arsenal will hope the incident adds to his desire to make a move to the Emirates this summer.

Meanwhile Sky Sports journalist Dharmesh Sheth believes Monaco’s capture of Rachid Ghezzal could help the Gunners in their bid to land Lemar in the coming weeks.

He said: “Monaco’s stance has changed from their vice president saying he was not for sale two weeks ago, to their coach not guaranteeing he would be at the club come the end of the window.

“Barcelona are also thought to be keen. Intriguingly Monaco have just signed Algerian winger Rachid Ghezzal on a five-year contract.

“Perhaps we haven’t heard the last of Thomas Lemar to Arsenal in this transfer window.”

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