Reports are out claiming that Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger wants to give Calum Chambers a chance in midfield before making a decision about buying in January.
The Frenchman is weighing up whether he needs to sign a new midfielder after Francis Coquelin broke down with injury.
Wenger is never keen to do business in January — and some fans would argue too reluctant all year round — but his backroom staff have been instructed to collate a list of possible targets, says the London Evening Standard.
Bayer Leverkusen’s Lars Bender, Grzegorz Krychowiak of Sevilla and Sporting Lisbon’s William Carvalho are all regularly scouted by the club but they could also consider Lucas Biglia at Lazio and Nice duo Vincent Koziello and Nampalys Mendy.