Yannick Ferreira Carrasco is being watched by Arsenal
The 21-year-old midfielder helped dump Arsenal out of the Champions League recently and has impressed with his displays in Ligue 1.
Arsene Wenger has sent scouts to watch Carrasco in action and has now requested that the Gunners make his signing a priority in the summer, according to the Metro.
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The first thought is to go for third place, afterwards, if there is a way to do better, we'll see.
Yannick Ferreira Carrasco
It is claimed that Wenger will continue to monitor the player's progress until the end of the season before stepping up his interest in the promising wide-man.
And Carrasco yesterday said his focus until that time is to cement third place in Ligue 1.
He said: "The first thought is to go for third place, afterwards, if there is a way to do better, we'll see."
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