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Report: Arsenal Eye £30m-Rated La Liga Ace
Arsenal are interested in signing Athletic Bilbao’s £30m-rated centre-back Aymeric Laporte, according to reports.
The 19-year-old has been hugely impressive at the back since breaking into the Bilbao first team in 2012 and has cemented himself as a regular this season.
talkSPORT claim Laporte has been drawing admirers from some of Europe’s top clubs with Arsenal understood to have been monitoring him ahead of a potential summer move.
However, Bayern Munich are also said to be keen with Pep Guardiola believed to be a huge fan, while Barcelona have him on their short-list if they manage to get their transfer ban lifted.
The youngster has already represented France at every youth level and is tipped to go on to become a full international soon, but with him still under contract until 2018, Bilbao are under no pressure to sell on the cheap, and the report suggests they’ve slapped a £30m price-tag on his head.
With Thomas Vermaelen tipped to leave this summer after losing his place in the first team, Arsene Wenger is no doubt eyeing Laporte as a potential replacement for the Belgian but he’s highly-unlikely to pay that kind of money for him.