Liverpool have submitted a bid for Lorient left-back and Arsenal target Raphael Guerreiro, according to the French club’s vice-president.

Arsenal have identified the 22-year-old as a potential replacement should Kieran Gibbs decide he is unhappy on the substitute’s bench, though the England international is understood to be reluctant to force his way out of the Emirates.

Jurgen Klopp’s need for a left-back is significantly more pressing, with Alberto Moreno finding himself on the end of a remorseless examination from Sevilla in the Europa League final, after which he was labelled the worst player on the pitch by the Liverpool Echo.

The two English sides are not the only admirers of the Portuguese left-back, who was called up to Fernando Santos’ squad for Euro 2016, and Lorient vice-president Alex Hayes insists the defender has also drawn the eye of Borussia Dortmund.

“For the moment four major foreign clubs, including Dortmund and Liverpool, have made an offer,” Alex Hayes told French newspaper Ouest France.

“No one wants to see Raphael leave, especially the president. He will only be transferred if a club makes an offer that we can’t refuse.

“The fourth [offer] shouldn’t take too long to be made [officially] but for the moment none of them satisfy us. We’re calm. We don’t need to sell to balance the books.”

Guerreiro, signed from Caen in 2013, has one year remaining on his contract at the Stade du Moustoir.