Arsenal transfer rumours: Romelu Lukaku linked with Gunners

Which are the most credible Arsenal transfer rumours right now?

Sky Sports has teamed up with Football Whispers to bring you the hottest transfer talk of the moment, as Arsene Wenger looks to improve his squad ahead of the upcoming Premier League season.

Football Whispers have developed a unique algorithm to take all of the transfer rumours from across the globe and calculate the likelihood of them happening.

They track transfer stories and give them a score out of 5.0, with the hottest Whispers closest to 5.0.

The top three are:

1. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) - 3.6

He looks set to leave Everton this summer, but Romelu Lukaku's destination is still up in the air. Arsenal, however, are still looking for a new striker after being rebuffed in their attempts to sign Jamie Vardy and features in the top spot after the Gunners agreed a deal for Saturday's number one Takuma Asano.

The Belgium international netted twice at Euro 2016, but struggled on Friday night as they crashed out to Wales at the quarter-final stage. Will that count against the 23-year-old in a potential move to the Emirates?

2. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) - 3.2

After scoring 21 goals in Ligue 1 last season, Alexandre Lacazette appears to have caught the attentions of several clubs around Europe.

West Ham are still interested in signing Lacazette, according to Sky sources, but they have not made an improved bid to match his reported price tag of 52m euros (£43.5m).

Could Arsenal now make a move?

3. Gonzalo Higuain (Napoli) - 2.1

It was reported last week that Gonzalo Higuain will not be renewing his contract with Napoli when it ends in 2018,but Arsenal could make their swoop before then to nab their man.

The striker featured for Argentina during their Copa America campaign and scored four times despite their penalty shoot-out loss to Chile in the final, with an impressive 91 goals under his belt in 146 appearances for Napoli over three seasons.

If the Gunners play the waiting game, they could snatch him up on a free transfer but are likely to want to get the deal done sooner rather than later.