Arsenal transfer news LIVE: Gunners LEADING £80m Declan Rice battle, ‘£71m Vlahovic bid’ LATEST after Mudryk miss

Morning, Arsenal fans

Declan Rice is tipped to be Arsenal’s main summer target and Mikel Arteta has confirmed he’s also keen on January recruits.

A new winger remains the Gunners’ priority after Chelsea easily outbid the Premier League leaders for £88million Ukrainian Mykhailo Mudryk.

And Orlando City wideman Facundo Torres claims the Gunners have been in touch.

The Uruguayan, 24, says talks were held before the World Cup and he’s still waiting to see if anything develops.

Arsenal are also tipped to step up their interest in Brighton’s Leandro Trossard.

But club legend Ian Wright believes the ideal alternative to Mudryk would instead be Brazilian Raphinha.

Barcelona are reportedly willing to offload the ex-Leeds winger.

But surely the most exciting speculation for Gunners’ fans concerns Rice.

Chelsea, Manchester United and City have been linked with West Ham’s £80m-rated England midfielder.

Arsenal, however, are reportedly “confident” of pulling off what would be their record signing.

As for this month, boss Arteta said: “We’ve excellent players. We want to improve our squad in this transfer window.

“We’re on it but we will do the deals that we can do and that we believe is right for the club”.