Arsenal have made an offer for Italy international Manuel Locatelli.
The 23-year old Sassuolo midfielder was expected to join Juventus after the European championships but Sassuolo chief executive Giovanni Carnevali said Arsenal are very much in the running.
Talking to Italian Sky, Carnevali said: 'Juventus are the only Italian club we talked to about Locatelli.
'It is true that there are foreign clubs interested, including Arsenal and so far they are ahead and are the only side realistically to have made an important proposal for Manuel.