Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is weighing up a move for Porto’s Yacine Brahimi after missing out on Leicester’s Riyad Mahrez.
Liverpool and Chelsea have considered moves of their own for the Algerian, who wants to leave Porto.
Now Wenger has been alerted to his availability after Mahrez penned a new four-year Foxes deal.
Brahimi was left out of Porto’s Champions League qualifier in midweek and the Portuguese club will sell the player for £40million.
Wenger looks set to miss out on Atletico Madrid defender Jose Gimenez, 21, with the Spanish club insisting he is not for sale unless his £56million buyout clause is met.
Arsenal twice made contact with his agents last week and offered a much better package than the one he gets at Atletico. But the La Liga side are refusing to negotiate.
West Brom defender Jonny Evans and Valencia’s Shkodran Mustafi remain Gunners targets.
