Arsenal and Manchester City are monitoring James Tarkowski with a view to bidding for the Burnley centre back next summer.

The 25-year-old is happy at Burnley and his performances for the club have taken him to the brink of an England call-up, but an offer from a Champions League club would leave him with a difficult decision to make.

Burnley will not countenance offers for Tarkowski next month as they seek to build on their remarkable start to the season that has taken them to sixth place in the Premier League. However, as they demonstrated when selling Michael Keane to Everton in July, the club have sold players when they judge the price and timing to be right.

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