Arsenal manager Unai Emery has demanded that the Gunners fork out for a world class centre back this summer to solve their evident issues at the back, plunging their transfer window plans into disarray.
Chelsea loanee Kurt Zouma is understood to be on the shortlist, alongside Tottenham's Toby Alderweireld, Leicester's Harry Maguire and Getafe's Djene Dakonam.
According to The Sun, the club are now willing to finance a move for one of these players with the sale of Mesut Ozil, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Shkodran Mustafi. The latter has been regularly singled out in the rearguard as the principal problem in the set-up, with several high-profile gaffes across this season.