“We look forward to him developing over the next couple of years,” said Wenger, who failed earlier this summer in a bid to sign Jamie Vardy from Leicester City.

He is now interested in Spain striker Alvaro Morata and Lyon’s Alexandre Lacazette and still wants to add a centre-back.

Wenger has also suggested that Leicester might be resigned to selling N’golo Kante following the signing of Nampalys Mendy from Nice.

“Kanté is on the list of many clubs,” said Wenger. “It is an area where we have many players. It looks like Leicester have bought a player from Nice with similar qualities to Kanté, so whether they envisage to lose him or not I don’t know.”