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PSG ‘set to make transfer swoop for Arsenal star Hector Bellerin as Gunners eye Aarons or Lamptey as replacement’
ARSENAL face a fight to keep hold of Hector Bellerin with Paris Saint-Germain reportedly plotting a summer swoop.
Heavily linked with a £30million move last year, the Ligue 1 giants and coach Mauricio Pochettino are said to be big fans of the right-back.
Hector Bellerin is reportedly interesting a number of European clubs[/caption]
A renewed push could force Arsenal’s hand, given Bellerin will have two years left on his contract at the end of the season.
Cost cutting at Emirates Stadium may tempt a cash-in with the player reportedly considering his future last summer until Mikel Arteta persuaded him to stay.
According to CBS Sports, PSG are joined by Barcelona and two Serie A clubs in monitoring the Spaniard.
Bellerin has been a senior figure throughout the Gunners’ mixed campaign so far, which has at least uncovered a resilience at the back and the fourth-best defensive record in the league.
After almost eight years in the team, the 25-year-old has won three FA Cups at Arsenal and recently returned to the Spanish national setup.
Should Bellerin leave, the North London club are said to have two potential replacements already in mind.
Norwich right-back Max Aarons and Brighton’s Tariq Lamptey are named in reports.
The Canaries rebuffed an approach from Barcelona for their homegrown star last summer and look primed to bounce back to the Premier League.
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While former Chelsea youngster Lamptey signed a fresh four-year deal with the Seagulls last month amid his impressive form.
Having let Mesut Ozil, Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Shkodran Mustafi leave in January, Arsenal are expected to continue their squad revamp in the summer.
Separate reports detail a potential swoop for up-and-coming Club Brugge defender Odilon Koussounou, who is also interesting Wolves.
