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Arsenal are stepping up their interest in St Etienne pair Stephane Ruffier and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after watching them again on Friday night.

The Gunners' France scout Gilles Grimandi was once more in attendance at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard to watch Les Verts draw 2-2 with Rennes, and was sufficiently impressed that he has advised Arsene Wenger's chief scout Steve Rowley to check out goalkeeper Ruffier and striker Aubameyang.

The interest in French international Ruffier has come about after

and a belief at the Emirates that the 22 year-old won't be able to eradicate costly errors from his game.

Only Paris Saint-Germain have a better defensive record than St Etienne in Ligue 1 this season, and this is in no small part down to Ruffier -

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Gabon centre-forward Aubameyang came through the AC Milan youth system, and despite his club rejecting a January bid from Newcastle United it is expected that the 23 year-old will move to the Premier League this summer.

Aubameyang is only outscored by Zlatan Ibrahimovic in France, and club President Bernard Caiazzo would be forced to consider bids in excess of £12million for the young hitman.