Folarin Balogun is set to let his contract run down at Arsenal.
Balogun and his representatives have been talking to foreign clubs – he’s allowed to sign a pre-contract agreement with a foreign club this month.
As it stands, Balogun is unlikely to go out on loan this month amid interest from a number of clubs in the Sky Bet Championship with talks over a new Arsenal contract so far failing to reach an agreement.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says the club are doing all they can to keep him, telling reporters earlier today: “Well, you need three parties to make a deal. For sure the club wants to make a deal and the manager wants to make a deal; the player wants to stay; and I’m not sure about the agent.
“I’m not saying he’s stopping it, but we need to find an agreement with him. We are negotiating in the end with an agent, and a player who wants to stay at the club, and we need to find an agreement. I’m telling you we are doing everything we can to keep him here.
“And hopefully from the other side they are doing the same and they are defending the same interests – which is the player’s interests, which is to stay at the football club and successful with us.”