Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain admits he hopes to count Kylian Mbappe or Alexandre Lacazette as Arsenal team-mates in the near future.

Oxlade-Chamberlain is expected to face the exciting France strikers during England's friendly in Paris tonight.

Arsenal, where Oxlade-Chamberlain has spent the last six years, are interested in buying one of the duo this summer.

The Gunners have already made an informal offer of £87m for Mbappe, which Monaco have rejected, but remain in the hunt.

Lacazette is seen as the back-up option and the north London club have not been put off by Lyon's £60m valuation.

When asked if he would like to be playing alongside either player in an Arsenal shirt soon, Oxlade-Chamberlain told Standard Sport: "Anyone would want them in their team.

"First and foremost, Mbappe has been a phenomenal revelation this season at such a young age.

"It is hard not to watch him closely. He is scoring so many goals and every week, it's in your face!

"I have been monitoring him and he really is a quality player. I feel the same about Lacazette. I have seen him for a good few years now and he is always scoring goals."

Mbappe found the net 24 times in his first full season in a Monaco shirt this term and helped them win the Ligue 1 title.

Real Madrid are Arsenal's main competition for the 18-year-old, although there have been reports in France that Chelsea and Liverpool are also keen.

Lacazette, who scored 36 goals for for Lyon last season, is keen to leave the French club having spent his entire career there.

The 26-year-old had agreed a switch to Atletico Madrid this summer, only for the La Liga's transfer ban until January to be upheld.

Oxlade-Chamberlain says England can't wait to test themselves against the forwards at the Stade de France.

"I'm looking forward to playing against them as well as the rest of the French players," he added.

"They have a really strong squad, right from the back all the way up to the front, all of different ages.

"France have a lot of strength in depth, so it will be a good challenge for myself and for us as a team as well."

England would have played France at the same venue in the quarter-finals of Euro 2016 last year had they not suffered a shock loss to Iceland in the previous round.

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"We are on the road to recovery from what happened last year," Oxlade-Chamberlain insisted. "There have been a lot of positive steps made, more internally, the kind of stuff people don't see as much.

"It's things like how the team is gelling, the identity of how we want to play, how we want to act and behave on and off the pitch as a group. It seems such a simple step but maybe something we have neglected over the years.

"We really understand what it means to play for England so that when the boys come here, everyone is buying into the way we want to do things.

"Building that foundation is the first step to improve and we have achieved that. But we will keep working on it for sure.

"It's a work in progress, we are going to make strides forward going into the World Cup next year, if we qualify. But we need to keep focussed."