Arsenal are interested in Reims centre-back Axel Disasi.
The 22-year-old has impressed this season in Ligue 1 and Gunners scouts have been monitoring him closely ahead of a potential summer bid.
Goal has learnt that Arsenal have now formally contacted the French side to register their interest in the defender - who looks certain to leave the Stade Auguste-Delaune at the end of the season.
Editors' Picks
Disasi has just one-year left on his contract and won’t be extending his current deal, so Reims will allow him to move on rather than let him walk away on a free transfer in 2022.