Arsenal could make an Everton star – who's missing training right now in order to force a move – their fourth signing of a busy January.
The Gunners began the window in hot pursuit of Mykhaylo Mudryk and reportedly matched Chelsea's £88m bid for the Ukrainian before he chose west London over north. Unfazed, Arsenal swivelled to sign Leandro Trossard instead from Brighton & Hove Albion.
Polish defender Jakub Kiwior has joined from Spezia recently, while Arsenal are pushing to bring Spanish right-back Ivan Fresneda to the club as a third winter signing.
Now, Belgian journalist Sacha Tavolieri has claimed that the Gunners are in for Amadou Onana, who only signed for Everton in the summer from Lille.
"We were talking about urgent cash needs yesterday about Amadou Onana's situation," Tavolieri said. "The fact that Everton's [up for] sale makes everything more clear now."
Reports broke yesterday that the Toffees had been put up for sale by owner Farhad Moshiri for around £500m, though that's since been denied.
"It's not selling the club at all," Moshiri confirmed. "It's just bringing more expertise in terms of global sponsorship, in terms of commercial development and a lot of specialist sport investors have this pool of knowledge. It's to secure that for Everton."
Onana was apparently tracked by Arsenal before his eventual move to Merseyside. Chelsea are said to be interested, too.
The Belgian is valued at €35m by Transfermarkt.
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Arsenal are considering re-signing Yunus Musah, while Cody Gakpo was an option, too – Joao Felix emerged as a potential superstar signing at the Emirates Stadium, too.
Mikel Arteta has admitted the Gunners are looking for new signings, with Sergej Milinkovic-Savic having been linked.
Gabriel Martinelli's contract situation is being watched by Barcelona, meanwhile.
