Arsenal transfer rumours: Shkodran Mustafi and Alexandre Lacazette
Saturday 20 August 2016 08:17, UK
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. Shkodran Mustafi (Valencia) - 4.4
Are Arsenal closing in on the signing of Mustafi?
Reports on Saturday claim the Gunners have made a £26m offer for the Valencia defender.
Sky Sports Spanish football expert Guillem Balague does not think Mustafi is good enough for Arsenal, though.
2. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) - 4.2
As the clock counts down until the end of the transfer window, Arsenal continued to be linked with Lacazette.
Last month they saw a bid in the region of £30m rejected by the Ligue 1 club, although Sky sources understand the Gunners remain interested.
Lacazette scored twice on Friday evening to take his tally to the Ligue 1 season to five in two games.
3. Jonny Evans (West Brom) - 4.0
As Arsenal continue their hunt for a defender, they have been linked with West Brom's Evans.
Baggies boss Tony Pulis said on Friday: "If it does happen, you need to make sure you know where your replacements are.
"If Arsenal come in for Jonny, if we do any business we'll do it between the clubs. I wouldn't talk here about doing a deal with Arsenal or anybody else."
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