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Wojciech Szczesny has been told he still has an Arsenal future.

Szczesny is on a season-long loan at Roma and they are keen to sign a keeper this summer.

But Arsenal - despite inserting a permanent clause in the deal - have told Roma they want him back next summer.

Petr Cech has already established himself as Arsenal's new No1 but Colombian David Ospina is frustrated at not playing.

It means Szczesny could return as Cech's deputy and still have a career at Arsenal despite being loaned out just months after being dropped for smoking in the showers at Southampton last season.

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Roma are now set to sign Brazilian keeper Alisson this summer from Internacional, which is a clear sign Szczesny will return to Arsenal.

Meanwhile the Gunners are expected to sign Mohamed Elneny after he missed training with Basel and the Swiss club subsequently confirmed he could leave "in the coming days".

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The Egyptian midfielder, 23, is thought to be close to a £7million move.

Boss Arsene Wenger hinted Arsenal could sign two players during January.

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"I don’t give much away (about transfers) because I don’t know," Wenger said after Arsenal's win over Newcastle on Saturday.

"I want to talk about them and hopefully we are capable of doing something in the next 10 days. It’s more about quality than quantity because our players will not stay out injured forever.

"Francis Coquelin is starting to run, Santi Cazorla will be back in mid-February, and Mikel Arteta is back now so, hopefully, if we can add one and, if needed, two maximum."