Arsenal give up on 21-year-old winger deal

According to the Daily Mail, North London giant Arsenal have accepted defeat in their chase of Monaco star winger Thomas Lemar.

The Emirate club have all but given up on their efforts to sign the France international forward this summer transfer window, after failing with several offers.

They have now accepted that the French giant are unlikely to cash in on Lemar before next summer and that the situation is unlikely to change, regardless of what happens with his club-mate Kylian Mbappe, who is desperately wanted by rivals Paris Saint-Germain and European Champions Real Madrid.

The Gunners had offers of £30m, £40m and £45m turned down by the reigning Ligue 1 champions and now seem ready to move on from that situation.

The final few weeks of the summer transfer window will rather focus on trying to shift some of the deadwood in Arsene Wenger’s team rather than making some more signings, the report claims.

Carl Jenkinson, Mathieu Debuchy, Kieran Gibbs, Lucas Perez and Joel Campbell are among those who are likely to seek a move away from the Emirate Stadium.

Missing out on the Frenchman makes England international Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, German Mesut Ozil and Chilean Alexis Sanchez more important to Arsene Wenger, and the French tactician will try and work out how to keep hold of all three beyond this summer transfer window.