Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has reportedly initiated talks to sign yet another Manchester City star!
Having signed former City duo Oleksandr Zinchenko and Gabriel Jesus at the beginning of 2022/23, the Gunners are seemingly looking to poach another one of Pep Guardiola's players.
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This season, the London outfit finished second in the Premier League for the first time since the 2015/16 campaign under Arsene Wenger, while their 84-point total this term was also the most they have accumulated since 2003/04.
Arteta has already outlined how important it is for his side to build on their performances this season, with reinforcements being a crucial part of their ongoing project.
As such, the club has already been linked with several names, including West Ham United captain Declan Rice, Moises Caicedo of Brighton Hove Albion, and RB Leipzig star Dominik Szoboszlai.
With no concrete discussions reported to have taken place between the club and any of the aforementioned players, though, it is now claimed that Arteta has engaged in talks with a different target.
According to journalist Fabrizio Romano, the 41-year-old coach has made contact with City's Joao Cancelo, who remains on loan at Bayern Munich until the end of this month.
Romano told GiveMeSport: "For Cancelo, yes, they are interested. They had some contact, and they have very good relationship with these agents.
"So there was a conversation over the possibility to sign Cancelo."
It is believed the Citizens are willing to part ways with the fullback on a permanent basis after loaning him out to Bayern for the first six months of the year.
The temporary move to Germany included a £61 million (R1.4 billion) option to buy, but the Bavarian giants decided against triggering that clause.
It has also been reported that both Real Madrid and FC Barcelona want to sign Cancelo too, with the latter believed to have opened talks with the Portuguese defender's camp recently.
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