Arsenal have been regularly scouting Holland striker Vincent Janssen, who has emerged this season with AZ Alkmaar as the most prolific forward in the Dutch Eredivisie.

In what is his first year in the top division of Dutch football, Janssen has scored 26 league goals to win a call-up this year to Danny Blind’s Holland national team.

Aged 21, he joined Alkmaar last summer from Almere City in the Eerste Divisie after previously being released by Feyenoord in 2013 despite developing through their academy. Janssen is the son of former freestyle swimming world champion Annemarie Verstappen and his technical qualities, as well as his finishing, have impressed Arsenal this season.