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New Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is considering a move to take AC Milan midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu on loan as he looks to bolster his squad.

Milan are ready to offload the 25-year-old Germany-born Turkey midfielder as they remould their squad following a disappointing start to the season.

And the player is keen to move on because he needs to be playing regularly ahead of this summer’s Euro 2020 finals.

Calhanoglu, who has won 47 international caps, joined Milan from Bayer Leverkusen in 2017.

He started out at Karlsruher SC before moving to Hamburger SV in 2013, joining Leverkusen a year later.

(Image: Marco Luzzani)

Arteta watched his Arsenal side held at Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened the scoring at Selhurst Park, but was later sent off as the hosts fought back to draw 1-1.

Arteta was on course for a third straight win when his skipper made the breakthrough in the first half, but a deflected effort by Jordan Ayew cancelled it out at the start of the second period.

The Spaniard said: "At this level, in the Premier League, you switch off for two seconds and you concede a goal.

"I will have to find a way to try to avoid those situations, but it happened today and it cost us two points."