Arsenal to submit third offer of £50m for Monaco winger Thomas Lemar after £45m bid was rejected
- Arsenal will submit a third offer of £50m for Monaco winger Thomas Lemar
- The club are desperate to get the Frenchman, but have had advances rejected
- A recent offer of £45m was turned down by the reigning French champions
Arsenal will submit a third offer for Monaco forward Thomas Lemar worth £50million.
Having signed Alexandre Lacazette from Lyon, the Gunners are focusing on getting a deal for the France international over the line.
Arsenal have already had two offers, their latest worth £45m, rebuffed by the Ligue 1 club. Monaco have insisted Lemar is not for sale, but that has not stopped the north London club from trying to land the 21-year-old.
Arsenal will submit a third offer for Monaco forward Thomas Lemar this week worth £50million
And Arsenal hope their latest gambit will be enough to finally land Lemar, with an agreement on personal terms likely to be a formality.
In theory, landing Lemar would open the door to Alexis Sanchez leaving the Emirates Stadium this summer.
However, the club are adamant Lemar is not a replacement for Sanchez, who manager Arsene Wenger insists will not leave under any circumstances this summer.
The Chilean is scheduled to return to pre-season training on Monday, where he will reiterate his intention to leave the club to Wenger.
Lemar (c) was one of the stars of the Monaco side who won the French Ligue 1 last season
After tying up a deal for Alexandre Lacazette Arsenal are focusing on his France team-mate
Arsenal are not giving up hope that they can persuade Sanchez to sign a new contract.
However, Sportsmail understands there has been a breakdown in communication between the club and Sanchez’s advisors, with the prospect of the South American signing fresh terms looking bleaker than ever.
Sanchez’s deal expires at the end of next season, when he can leave Arsenal for nothing.
Manchester City and Paris Saint Germain want to sign Sanchez this summer, but Arsenal are adamant their star player will not be sold.
Arsenal have offered Sanchez a new contract worth £275,000-per-week, which would increase by up to 20 per cent, once the Gunners get back into the Champions League.
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