Liverpool’s Ibrahima Konate and another Arsenal player, William Saliba, are also on Real’s radar but their chances of landing Lewis-Skelly look remote, according to Fabrizio Romano.

Arsenal are unconcerned over speculation linking Myles Lewis-Skelly with an exit and are optimistic about agreeing a new deal with the defender.Lewis-Skelly enjoyed a breakout campaign for Arsenal in

Leeds United are close to an agreement with Udinese for defender Jaka Bijol. A deal for the 26-year-old Slovenia international is expected to be worth around £17million ($23.1m) in addition to add-ons. Bijol has spent three seasons with Udinese, playing 95 times. David Ornstein