Exclusive: Arsenal planning talks in next few days over potential €35million signing

Arsenal are among the clubs set to hold initial talks with Rennes over the potential transfer of exciting young attacking midfielder Desire Doue, CaughtOffside understands.

Sources with a close understanding of the player’s situation have informed CaughtOffside that he has been scouted closely by Arsenal in recent times, along with other top clubs such as Manchester United, Aston Villa, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli and Real Madrid.

Doue has impressed in Ligue 1 and it...