Arsenal head coach Unai Emery is going increasingly confident that he will be able to convince Ousmane Dembele to leave Barcelona and join Arsenal.
Dembele’s transfer has been talked much in recent months. The Frenchman has been struggling at Camp Nou to find his feet and now he will have a chance to do so in Premier League side Arsenal.
Barcelona will reportedly also be open to selling the Frenchman as the latter turned up late to training and showed inconsistency.
According to Sport, Emery believes he has a secret weapon he can use to lure Dembele to the Emirates: his old friend Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Arsenal’s hopes of signing Dembele are boosted by the fact that Aubameyang and Dembele became extremely close on and off the pitch during their season together at Borussia Dortmung. Aubameyang could provide some of the much-needed guidance Dembele is missing at Barca, having taken the young Frenchman under his wing at Dortmund and even invited him to London over the summer.
If Barca do decide to part with the French World Cup winner, Arsenal could have to stump up as much as £85million.