Arsenal have made a £20m bid for Douglas Luiz, with Aston Villa seeing a £13m bid for potential replacement Leander Dendoncker accepted by Wolves.
Sky Sports News had been told that four clubs – Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool – were interested in signing Luiz ahead of the transfer deadline
Luiz – who joined Villa from Manchester City and is out of contract next summer – would like to play for a club in the Champions League.
Arsenal beat Aston Villa 2-1 on Wednesday night, but despite their perfect start of five wins from five, Arteta admitted he is wary about his strength in depth in the middle of the park following a spate of injuries and said Arsenal could do a deal on Deadline Day if the right player becomes available.
“We are looking at options,” said Arteta. “Obviously [Elneny’s injury] has an impact because Thomas Partey is injured and we are a bit short in that position. We do have Albert Sambi Lokonga and Granit Xhaka who can play there.
Douglas Luiz celebrates his corner goal for Aston Villa
“We are just looking at options in the market. As I said, the club has been super supportive to try to keep improving the squad and the team as we can, and if the right player is available and we can do it, we will try.”
Gerrard: I’m not in control of Douglas Luiz situation
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Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard admitted Douglas Luiz’s future at the club is in his own hands as he only has a short time left on his contract.
Meanwhile, Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard said his recruitment team were also working hard to deliver a Deadline Day boost – although he also discussed the potential exit of Luiz.
