Arsenal are joining the race with Manchester City and Chelsea to sign Nice midfielder Jean Michael Seri, according to L’Equipe.
The Arsenal’s head of football relations, Raul Sanllehi, remains in contact with the Ivorian having attempted to bring him to Barcelona last summer.
The 26-year-old midfield dynamo is one of Europe's most coveted players of his position, and is available for £35m - the sum that would release him from his contract with French club.
