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Arsenal ‘hoping to offload Ainsley Maitland-Niles in £20million transfer to fund new contract for star striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’

Arsenal are open to selling Ainsley Maitland-Niles in order to fund a new contract for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and bring in some new faces, but want a hefty £20million for the right-back.

The 22-year-old has been highly-rated at the club for a while but his progress has stalled of late after falling out of favour under manager Mikel Arteta this season.

The Gunners are still sweating over securing the long-term future of top scorer Aubameyang and the versatile Englishman plus other youngsters could be sacrificed by Arteta, according to the Sun.

Arsenal could sell Ainsley Maitland-Niles for u00a320million this summer in order to raise funds

The report indicates Maitland-Niles' asking price will be £20m, while other in-demand young stars such as Emile Smith-Rowe could also be placed on the market for sizeable fees.