Offer in the works: Arsenal desperate to beat Liverpool to the punch for £87m transfer target

Having been a distinct second best to Liverpool in the final Premier League table last season, Arsenal are hoping to gain a modicum of revenge on the Reds by winning the race for a mutual transfer target.

The Gunners will have already derived plenty of satisfaction from signing Martin Zubimendi this summer, a year on from the Merseysiders’ unsuccessful pursuit of the Spanish midfielder, and both clubs now have their eye on another player from LaLiga.

AS reporter Eduardo Burgos claimed...