Arsenal had Monaco's Youssouf Fofana on the back burner last summer in case they could get Declan Rice, but could now be tempted to make them teammates
Arsenal have ‘opened talks’ with Youssouf Fofana to try and discern whether he’d be up for making the move from AS Monaco this summer – but a formal bid is still yet to be made for his services, according to reports.
Fofana has been a regular for Monaco this season and has had a particularly fruitful season developing his game to be more of a box-to-box player, rather than the more defensive-minded role he had previously played. Having scored just two prior Ligue Un goals in four seasons at Monaco, Fofana struck four times this season – including three in his last nine – and says that his new-found productivity in front of goal was no accident, but rather the result of a concerted effort to develop his game.
He said: “From the start of the year, the club asked me to push further forward, and it’s true that in the last 25 yards, I had a little difficulty with my end product, on the last pass or on the shot; I had difficulty positioning myself.
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